Browns Plains (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,574 people in Browns Plains (Qld) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Browns Plains (Qld) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Browns Plains (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 38.6% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Browns Plains (Qld) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Browns Plains (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Browns Plains (Qld) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Browns Plains (Qld) 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Browns Plains (Qld) were English 25.9%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 6.3%, Scottish 5.9% and German 4.0%.

In Browns Plains (Qld), 65.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.8%, England 3.0%, Philippines 1.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8% and India 0.8%.

In Browns Plains (Qld), 47.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Browns Plains (Qld) were No Religion 24.3%, Catholic 22.2%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Browns Plains (Qld) 78.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.3%, Spanish 1.2%, Samoan 1.1%, Vietnamese 1.0% and Urdu 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,842 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Browns Plains (Qld). Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 23.8% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Browns Plains (Qld), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Browns Plains (Qld) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Browns Plains (Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.6%, Labourers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.9% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Browns Plains (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, School Education 3.2% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Browns Plains (Qld) was $573.

In Browns Plains (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.8%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Bus 4.9%, Walked only 1.5% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 8.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Browns Plains (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.0% 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 Browns Plains (Qld), 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Browns Plains (Qld), 41.6% were couple families with children, 30.2% were couple families without children and 25.5% were one parent families.

In Browns Plains (Qld) 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Browns Plains (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,876 and those without children was $1,701.

Employment status of couple families

In Browns Plains (Qld), of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Browns Plains (Qld), 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Browns Plains (Qld), 86.0% were separate houses, 13.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Browns Plains (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 71.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Browns Plains (Qld), 16.7% were owned outright, 38.0% were owned with a mortgage and 42.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Browns Plains (Qld), of all households, 76.7% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Browns Plains (Qld), 19.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Browns Plains (Qld), 36.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Browns Plains (Qld), there were 170 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 76 (or 44.7%) were male and 94 (or 55.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Browns Plains (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Browns Plains (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,747.