Briar Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,092 people in Briar Hill of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Briar Hill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Briar Hill aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Briar Hill was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Briar Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Briar Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Briar Hill 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 26.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Briar Hill were English 29.3%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 8.3% and Italian 5.0%.

In Briar Hill, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, Italy 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Briar Hill, 64.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Briar Hill were No Religion 32.4%, Catholic 28.1%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Eastern Orthodox 2.2%.

In Briar Hill 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Mandarin 0.8%, German 0.6%, Macedonian 0.5% and Greek 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,712 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Briar Hill. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Briar Hill, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Briar Hill was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Briar Hill included Professionals 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Managers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Briar Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 4.7%, Building Installation Services 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Briar Hill was $646.

In Briar Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Train 6.6%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Train, car as driver 1.3% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 11.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Briar Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% 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 Briar Hill, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Briar Hill, 41.1% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Briar Hill 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Briar Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,356 and those without children was $2,223.

Employment status of couple families

In Briar Hill, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Briar Hill, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Briar Hill, 81.3% were separate houses, 17.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Briar Hill, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 58.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Briar Hill, 38.1% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Briar Hill, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Briar Hill, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Briar Hill, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Briar Hill, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 29.4%) were male and 12 (or 70.6%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Briar Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Briar Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.