Brown Hill (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,078 people in Brown Hill (Vic.) of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Brown Hill (Vic.) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Brown Hill (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brown Hill (Vic.) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Brown Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brown Hill (Vic.) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Brown Hill (Vic.) 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brown Hill (Vic.) were Australian 31.7%, English 29.3%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 8.3% and German 4.1%.

In Brown Hill (Vic.), 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, Netherlands 0.7%, Scotland 0.6%, New Zealand 0.5% and Germany 0.3%.

In Brown Hill (Vic.), 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brown Hill (Vic.) were Catholic 31.7%, No Religion 23.8%, Anglican 13.5%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Brown Hill (Vic.) 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Spanish 0.2%, Croatian 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,640 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brown Hill (Vic.). Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 30.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brown Hill (Vic.), 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brown Hill (Vic.) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Brown Hill (Vic.) included Professionals 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Managers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Brown Hill (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.2%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Building Installation Services 3.3% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brown Hill (Vic.) was $559.

In Brown Hill (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 2.0%, Bus 1.5% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brown Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 11.2% 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 Brown Hill (Vic.), 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brown Hill (Vic.), 42.3% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Brown Hill (Vic.) 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brown Hill (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,019 and those without children was $1,700.

Employment status of couple families

In Brown Hill (Vic.), of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 29.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brown Hill (Vic.), 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brown Hill (Vic.), 86.4% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Brown Hill (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brown Hill (Vic.), 31.0% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Brown Hill (Vic.), of all households, 70.3% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Brown Hill (Vic.), 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Brown Hill (Vic.), 31.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brown Hill (Vic.), there were 57 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 45.6%) were male and 31 (or 54.4%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Brown Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In Brown Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.