Brooweena

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 263 people in Brooweena of these 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Brooweena was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in Brooweena aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brooweena was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Brooweena, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brooweena was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Brooweena 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 35.1% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brooweena were Australian 31.0%, English 29.4%, Scottish 11.5%, German 9.3% and Irish 8.8%.

In Brooweena, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.3%, Philippines 1.5%, South Africa 1.5% and El Salvador 1.1%.

In Brooweena, 75.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brooweena were No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 16.4%, Christian, nfd 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Brooweena 93.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 99 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brooweena. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brooweena, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brooweena was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Brooweena included Managers 25.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Professionals 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7% and Labourers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Brooweena, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.5%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 8.7%, School Education 7.6%, Structural Metal Product Manufacturing 3.3% and Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brooweena was $328.

In Brooweena, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Walked only 5.4%, Motorbike/scooter 4.3%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Truck 3.3%. 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 61.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brooweena, 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, 24.1% provided care for children and 17.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Brooweena, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brooweena, 34.9% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Brooweena 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brooweena, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Brooweena, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brooweena, 79.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooweena, 94.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Brooweena, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooweena, 63.8% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Brooweena, of all households, 69.4% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Brooweena, 48.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Brooweena, 27.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brooweena, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) 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 Brooweena, 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 Brooweena, 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.