Bracalba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 162 people in Bracalba of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bracalba was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Bracalba aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bracalba was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bracalba, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bracalba was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 64 years.

In Bracalba 39.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.1% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bracalba were Australian 28.6%, English 26.8%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 8.0% and German 7.1%.

In Bracalba, 71.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Fiji 1.8%, Germany 1.8%, Scotland 1.8% and Sri Lanka 1.8%.

In Bracalba, 71.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bracalba were Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 11.0%, Christian, nfd 5.5% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Bracalba 84.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 1.8%.

Employment

There were 79 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bracalba. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bracalba, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bracalba was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Bracalba included Managers 28.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Labourers 9.3%, Professionals 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Bracalba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Completion Services 6.5%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.9% and Other Crop Growing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bracalba was $562.

In Bracalba, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.0%, Train 4.0%, Train, car as driver 4.0% and Car as driver, car as passenger 4.0%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bracalba, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 5.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Bracalba, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bracalba, 34.1% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 26.8% were one parent families.

In Bracalba 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bracalba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Bracalba, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 29.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bracalba, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bracalba, 93.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Bracalba, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 30.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bracalba, 29.8% were owned outright, 48.9% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bracalba, of all households, 87.0% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bracalba, 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.5% 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 Bracalba, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bracalba, 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 Bracalba, 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 Bracalba, 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.