Brandy Hill (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 859 people in Brandy Hill (L) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Brandy Hill (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Brandy Hill (L) aged 15 years and over, 64.3% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brandy Hill (L) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Brandy Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brandy Hill (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Brandy Hill (L) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brandy Hill (L) were Australian 33.6%, English 31.3%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.2% and German 2.7%.

In Brandy Hill (L), 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Northern Ireland 0.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%, Cyprus 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Brandy Hill (L), 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brandy Hill (L) were Anglican 31.9%, Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Baptist 3.6%.

In Brandy Hill (L) 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 0.3%, Croatian 0.3% and Macedonian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 508 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brandy Hill (L). Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brandy Hill (L), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brandy Hill (L) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Brandy Hill (L) included Professionals 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 13.1%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Labourers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Brandy Hill (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.7%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Road Freight Transport 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brandy Hill (L) was $674.

In Brandy Hill (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.7%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 2.9%, Bus 1.0% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brandy Hill (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.3% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Brandy Hill (L), 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brandy Hill (L), 55.7% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Brandy Hill (L) 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brandy Hill (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,187 and those without children was $2,154.

Employment status of couple families

In Brandy Hill (L), of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 32.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brandy Hill (L), 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brandy Hill (L), 98.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Brandy Hill (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 1.5% had 2 bedrooms and 17.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brandy Hill (L), 41.6% were owned outright, 55.7% were owned with a mortgage and 1.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Brandy Hill (L), of all households, 93.1% were family households, 6.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Brandy Hill (L), 8.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Brandy Hill (L), 10.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brandy Hill (L), there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 46.7%) were male and 8 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Brandy Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Brandy Hill (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.