Brigalow

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 404 people in Brigalow of these 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Brigalow was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Brigalow aged 15 years and over, 61.5% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brigalow was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Brigalow, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brigalow was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Brigalow 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 49.2% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brigalow were Australian 31.7%, English 30.5%, German 10.5%, Irish 9.4% and Scottish 8.3%.

In Brigalow, 94.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.2% and Ireland 0.7%.

In Brigalow, 91.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brigalow were Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 17.9%, Uniting Church 10.0%, Lutheran 9.5% and No Religion 8.7%.

In Brigalow 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 1.0% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 228 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brigalow. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brigalow, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brigalow was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Brigalow included Managers 38.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Labourers 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Professionals 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Brigalow, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 31.0%, Oil and Gas Extraction 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, School Education 3.5% and Dairy Cattle Farming 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brigalow was $549.

In Brigalow, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 7.0%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 3.5% and Other 2.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brigalow, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.6% 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 Brigalow, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brigalow, 56.4% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 6.4% were one parent families.

In Brigalow 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brigalow, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,392 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Brigalow, of couple families with children, 31.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brigalow, 76.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brigalow, 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 Brigalow, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.2% had 2 bedrooms and 35.1% 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 Brigalow, 48.8% were owned outright, 17.1% were owned with a mortgage and 34.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Brigalow, of all households, 73.1% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Brigalow, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Brigalow, 20.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brigalow, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 62 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 Brigalow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Brigalow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.