Bracewell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 462 people in Bracewell of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bracewell was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Bracewell aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bracewell was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Bracewell, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bracewell was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Bracewell 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bracewell were Australian 39.6%, English 24.7%, Scottish 7.0%, German 5.2% and Irish 4.5%.

In Bracewell, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1%, Ireland 0.9%, Finland 0.7% and Indonesia 0.7%.

In Bracewell, 82.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bracewell were Anglican 25.2%, No Religion 19.3%, Catholic 15.2%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Bracewell 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Russian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 207 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bracewell. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bracewell, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bracewell was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bracewell included Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Labourers 14.0%, Managers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Professionals 6.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Bracewell, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 6.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.2%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.2% and Building Installation Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bracewell was $594.

In Bracewell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 1.6%, Motorbike/scooter 1.6% and Other 1.6%. 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 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bracewell, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% 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, 21.6% 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 Bracewell, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bracewell, 52.2% were couple families with children, 35.4% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Bracewell 60.0% of single parents were male and 40.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bracewell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Bracewell, of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bracewell, 83.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bracewell, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Bracewell, of occupied private dwellings 8.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bracewell, 33.6% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Bracewell, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Bracewell, 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.2% 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 Bracewell, 21.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bracewell, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Bracewell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Bracewell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $910.