Brookton (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 544 people in Brookton (L) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Brookton (L) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.1% of the population.

Of people in Brookton (L) aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brookton (L) was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Brookton (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brookton (L) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Brookton (L) 19.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.7% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brookton (L) were Australian 42.9%, English 32.7%, Scottish 4.8%, Irish 3.6% and Australian Aboriginal 1.6%.

In Brookton (L), 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 2.6%, Netherlands 0.7%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Brookton (L), 67.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brookton (L) were No Religion 27.4%, Anglican 24.6%, Catholic 12.3%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Brookton (L) 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9% and Indonesian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 194 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brookton (L). Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brookton (L), 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brookton (L) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Brookton (L) included Managers 21.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Labourers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Professionals 7.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Brookton (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.0%, Residential Care Services 9.4%, School Education 6.7%, Local Government Administration 5.6% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brookton (L) was $396.

In Brookton (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.7%, Walked only 11.2%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 3.9% and Other 2.8%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brookton (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Brookton (L), 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brookton (L), 40.0% were couple families with children, 48.3% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Brookton (L) 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brookton (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,531 and those without children was $2,094.

Employment status of couple families

In Brookton (L), of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brookton (L), 72.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookton (L), 85.2% were separate houses, 11.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Brookton (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 22.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brookton (L), 37.4% were owned outright, 23.1% were owned with a mortgage and 31.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Brookton (L), of all households, 61.2% were family households, 37.2% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Brookton (L), 39.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Brookton (L), 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brookton (L), there were 86 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 44 (or 51.2%) were male and 42 (or 48.8%) 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 Brookton (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Brookton (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.