Brahma Lodge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,192 people in Brahma Lodge of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Brahma Lodge was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Brahma Lodge aged 15 years and over, 41.2% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brahma Lodge was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Brahma Lodge, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brahma Lodge was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Brahma Lodge 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brahma Lodge were English 29.6%, Australian 22.5%, Scottish 5.9%, Irish 5.8% and German 5.0%.

In Brahma Lodge, 65.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.0%, Italy 1.9%, Vietnam 1.7%, Scotland 1.4% and Germany 1.3%.

In Brahma Lodge, 48.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brahma Lodge were No Religion 27.6%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Brahma Lodge 75.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 2.7%, Italian 2.5%, German 1.0%, Greek 0.9% and Spanish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,317 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brahma Lodge. Of these 55.5% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brahma Lodge, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brahma Lodge was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Brahma Lodge included Labourers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Professionals 8.0% and Managers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Brahma Lodge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.8%, Residential Care Services 3.6%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brahma Lodge was $434.

In Brahma Lodge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Bus 3.5%, Train 1.7% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brahma Lodge, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Brahma Lodge, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brahma Lodge, 36.2% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 25.4% were one parent families.

In Brahma Lodge 22.8% of single parents were male and 77.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brahma Lodge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,738 and those without children was $1,659.

Employment status of couple families

In Brahma Lodge, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brahma Lodge, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brahma Lodge, 92.9% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Brahma Lodge, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.5% had 2 bedrooms and 77.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brahma Lodge, 32.1% were owned outright, 38.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Brahma Lodge, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 28.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Brahma Lodge, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Brahma Lodge, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brahma Lodge, there were 71 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 44 (or 62.0%) were male and 27 (or 38.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Brahma Lodge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Brahma Lodge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,420.