Bracken Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,799 people in Bracken Ridge of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bracken Ridge was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Bracken Ridge aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bracken Ridge was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bracken Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bracken Ridge was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Bracken Ridge 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 20.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bracken Ridge were Australian 28.1%, English 27.8%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.2% and German 4.1%.

In Bracken Ridge, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, England 3.8%, Philippines 2.2%, India 1.3% and Fiji 0.8%.

In Bracken Ridge, 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bracken Ridge were Catholic 31.0%, No Religion 18.8%, Anglican 16.6%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Bracken Ridge 85.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.0%, Hindi 0.9%, Filipino 0.8%, Cantonese 0.5% and Samoan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 9,170 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bracken Ridge. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bracken Ridge, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bracken Ridge was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Bracken Ridge included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.0%, Professionals 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Sales Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Managers 9.9%, Labourers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Bracken Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.2%, School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, State Government Administration 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bracken Ridge was $658.

In Bracken Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 4.4%, Bus 4.3% and Train, car as driver 2.0%. On the day, 13.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bracken Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Bracken Ridge, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bracken Ridge, 45.9% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Bracken Ridge 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bracken Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,254 and those without children was $2,060.

Employment status of couple families

In Bracken Ridge, of couple families with children, 26.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bracken Ridge, 95.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bracken Ridge, 89.9% were separate houses, 9.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Bracken Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bracken Ridge, 30.2% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Bracken Ridge, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Bracken Ridge, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.4% 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 Bracken Ridge, 33.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bracken Ridge, there were 395 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 183 (or 46.3%) were male and 212 (or 53.7%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Bracken Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,367.

In Bracken Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.