Brooklyn

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,579 people were counted in Brooklyn: of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn there were 293 children aged 0-14 years and 434 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, 1,301 people were Australian citizens, 600 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, 46.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.3% were separated or divorced, 7.9% were widowed and 32.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, 53.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Brooklyn were Italy 6.1%, Viet Nam 6.1%, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 2.3%, England 2.2% and Malta 2.0%.

Of all people counted in Brooklyn on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 38.2%, No Religion 12.8%, Anglican 8.2%, Buddhism 7.7% and Orthodox 5.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 9.6%, Vietnamese 7.0%, Cantonese 3.8%, Polish 3.1% and Maltese 2.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 50.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 632 people aged 15 years and over in Brooklyn were in the labour force. Of these 57.1% worked full-time, 24.8% worked part-time, 4.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.4% were unemployed. 549 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.4%, Professionals 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.7%, Associate Professionals 3.0%, Managers and Administrators 1.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Brooklyn, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 3.8%, Food Retailing 3.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%, Road Transport 2.3% and Health Services 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, 430 families were counted: of these, 34.0% were couple families without children, 39.3% were couple families with children, 24.0% were one parent families and 2.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, 635 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Brooklyn, 82.4% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.6% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, 47.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.0% were being purchased and 23.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 28.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 59.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Brooklyn, 64.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.8% were single (or lone) person households and 3.3% were group households.