Brucknell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 341 people in Brucknell of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Brucknell was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Brucknell aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brucknell was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Brucknell, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brucknell was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Brucknell 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 34.0% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brucknell were English 34.9%, Australian 30.2%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 9.9% and German 2.7%.

In Brucknell, 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.5% and England 1.5%.

In Brucknell, 86.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brucknell were Catholic 27.3%, No Religion 24.0%, Uniting Church 15.2%, Anglican 14.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.0%.

In Brucknell 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 189 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brucknell. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brucknell, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brucknell was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Brucknell included Managers 51.3%, Labourers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Professionals 7.4%, Sales Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Brucknell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 43.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.7%, Accommodation 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brucknell was $680.

In Brucknell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.9%, Walked only 8.4%, Motorbike/scooter 4.7%, Other 4.2% and Car, as passenger 3.7%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brucknell, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 6.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.8% 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 Brucknell, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brucknell, 52.1% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 6.4% were one parent families.

In Brucknell 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brucknell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Brucknell, of couple families with children, 36.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 28.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brucknell, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brucknell, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Brucknell, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brucknell, 45.1% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Brucknell, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Brucknell, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Brucknell, 17.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brucknell, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Brucknell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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