Brooms Head

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 195 people in Brooms Head of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Brooms Head was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 36.3% of the population.

Of people in Brooms Head aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 18.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brooms Head was 66 years and the median age of people never married was 42 years.

In Brooms Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brooms Head was 66 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Brooms Head 20.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brooms Head were English 37.2%, Australian 32.2%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 7.9% and German 4.5%.

In Brooms Head, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5% and Egypt 1.5%.

In Brooms Head, 78.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brooms Head were Anglican 27.8%, Catholic 26.8%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Buddhism 5.2%.

In Brooms Head 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Indonesian 3.1% and Mandarin 1.5%.

Employment

There were 68 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brooms Head. Of these 36.8% were employed full time, 44.1% were employed part-time and 11.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brooms Head, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brooms Head was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Brooms Head included Managers 21.0%, Professionals 19.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.4%, Labourers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.8%, Sales Workers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Brooms Head, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.9%, School Education 8.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Other Crop Growing 4.8% and Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brooms Head was $385.

In Brooms Head, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 58.1%, Bicycle 6.5%, Car, as passenger 4.8% and Walked only 4.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brooms Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.4% provided care for children and 17.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Brooms Head, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brooms Head, 28.3% were couple families with children, 55.0% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Brooms Head 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brooms Head, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Brooms Head, of couple families with children, 6.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brooms Head, 47.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 52.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooms Head, 68.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 26.1% were other dwellings.

In Brooms Head, of occupied private dwellings 25.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 27.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooms Head, 59.1% were owned outright, 14.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Brooms Head, of all households, 61.4% were family households, 38.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Brooms Head, 54.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Brooms Head, 43.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brooms Head, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Brooms Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Brooms Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $860.