Brunswick

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 19,867 people were counted in Brunswick: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick there were 2,499 children aged 0-14 years and 3,842 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, 16,103 people were Australian citizens, 7,054 were born overseas and 280 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, 35.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.8% were separated or divorced, 5.0% were widowed and 50.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, 58.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Brunswick were Italy 6.6%, Greece 5.0%, England 2.4%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.2% and Lebanon 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Brunswick on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.7%, No Religion 22.2%, Orthodox 11.4%, Anglican 6.7% and Islam 6.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 10.6%, Greek 9.2%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.9%, Mandarin 2.0% and Turkish 1.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 54.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 10,818 people aged 15 years and over in Brunswick were in the labour force. Of these 57.8% worked full-time, 30.1% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.7% were unemployed. 5,667 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Brunswick, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.4%, Education 6.2%, Health Services 4.3%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.9% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, 4,576 families were counted: of these, 40.3% were couple families without children, 39.0% were couple families with children, 14.9% were one parent families and 5.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, 8,585 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Brunswick, 49.3% were separate houses, 19.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 28.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.4% were being purchased and 41.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 59.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Brunswick, 52.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.5% were single (or lone) person households and 12.7% were group households.