Brewarrina (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,056 people were counted in Brewarrina (A): of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Of the total population 53.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A) there were 568 children aged 0-14 years and 332 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), 1,903 people were Australian citizens, 55 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), 37.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.4% were separated or divorced, 5.1% were widowed and 49.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), 90.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Brewarrina (A) were New Zealand 0.5%, England 0.3%, Austria 0.3%, Ireland 0.2% and Germany 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Brewarrina (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 35.9%, Catholic 34.4%, No Religion 8.5%, Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3% and Christian, nfd 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.3%, Italian 0.1%, Russian 0.1%, Tamil 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 876 people aged 15 years and over in Brewarrina (A) were in the labour force. Of these 59.4% worked full-time, 24.9% worked part-time, 4.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.8% were unemployed. 558 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 10.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 10.0%, Professionals 6.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.6%, Associate Professionals 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Brewarrina (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 12.7%, Education 5.7%, Government Administration 5.3%, Health Services 4.2% and Business Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), 473 families were counted: of these, 28.3% were couple families without children, 48.6% were couple families with children, 20.1% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), 680 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Brewarrina (A), 90.6% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), 32.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 8.4% were being purchased and 40.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 1.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 83.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Brewarrina (A), 68.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.1% were single (or lone) person households and 3.4% were group households.