Brooklyn Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,515 people in Brooklyn Park of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Brooklyn Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Brooklyn Park aged 15 years and over, 40.5% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brooklyn Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Brooklyn Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brooklyn Park was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Brooklyn Park 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.4% were in primary school, 13.6% in secondary school and 32.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brooklyn Park were English 18.3%, Australian 18.2%, Italian 9.8%, Greek 6.4% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Brooklyn Park, 58.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 5.6%, Italy 3.6%, England 2.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.3% and Greece 2.2%.

In Brooklyn Park, 38.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brooklyn Park were Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 20.4%, Eastern Orthodox 9.2%, Anglican 7.1% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

In Brooklyn Park 59.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.8%, Italian 5.8%, Mandarin 2.6%, Punjabi 1.7% and Cantonese 1.3%.

Employment

There were 2,346 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brooklyn Park. Of these 55.7% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brooklyn Park, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brooklyn Park was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Brooklyn Park included Professionals 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Labourers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Brooklyn Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, School Education 3.2%, Hospitals 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5% and Residential Care Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brooklyn Park was $525.

In Brooklyn Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.6%, Bus 9.9%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 2.6% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 11.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brooklyn Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.8% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Brooklyn Park, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brooklyn Park, 36.9% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Brooklyn Park 14.1% of single parents were male and 85.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brooklyn Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,055 and those without children was $1,780.

Employment status of couple families

In Brooklyn Park, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brooklyn Park, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooklyn Park, 55.9% were separate houses, 5.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 38.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Brooklyn Park, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 41.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brooklyn Park, 29.2% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 39.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Brooklyn Park, of all households, 56.9% were family households, 37.5% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Brooklyn Park, 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Brooklyn Park, 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brooklyn Park, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 47.2%) were male and 19 (or 52.8%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Brooklyn Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Brooklyn Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $65.