Brunswick East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,476 people in Brunswick East of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Brunswick East was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Brunswick East aged 15 years and over, 32.1% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brunswick East was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Brunswick East, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brunswick East was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Brunswick East 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.7% were in primary school, 9.3% in secondary school and 46.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brunswick East were English 19.5%, Australian 17.4%, Italian 11.3%, Irish 9.9% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Brunswick East, 62.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 6.0%, England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.5%, Greece 2.4% and India 1.5%.

In Brunswick East, 39.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brunswick East were No Religion 39.4%, Catholic 26.5%, Eastern Orthodox 6.6%, Anglican 4.4% and Buddhism 2.8%.

In Brunswick East 65.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 9.2%, Greek 4.6%, Arabic 2.5%, Mandarin 1.8% and Cantonese 1.0%.

Employment

There were 5,227 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brunswick East. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brunswick East, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brunswick East was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Brunswick East included Professionals 40.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Managers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Brunswick East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Hospitals 4.6%, School Education 4.3% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brunswick East was $740.

In Brunswick East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 35.4%, Tram 24.3%, Bicycle 10.9%, Walked only 3.7% and Car, as passenger 2.6%. On the day, 30.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brunswick East, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Brunswick East, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brunswick East, 36.3% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Brunswick East 14.7% of single parents were male and 85.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brunswick East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,584 and those without children was $2,456.

Employment status of couple families

In Brunswick East, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brunswick East, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brunswick East, 42.2% were separate houses, 27.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Brunswick East, of occupied private dwellings 12.3% had 1 bedroom, 37.6% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brunswick East, 26.1% were owned outright, 26.0% were owned with a mortgage and 45.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Brunswick East, of all households, 55.3% were family households, 29.3% were single person households and 15.4% were group households.

In Brunswick East, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.8% 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 Brunswick East, 48.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brunswick East, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 47.9%) were male and 25 (or 52.1%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Brunswick East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Brunswick East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.