Brown Hill Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 162 people in Brown Hill Creek of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Brown Hill Creek was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Brown Hill Creek aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brown Hill Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Brown Hill Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brown Hill Creek was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Brown Hill Creek 38.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.7% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brown Hill Creek were English 37.6%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 7.1% and German 5.8%.

In Brown Hill Creek, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, United States of America 3.1%, Netherlands 2.5%, Germany 1.8% and Italy 1.8%.

In Brown Hill Creek, 52.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brown Hill Creek were No Religion 39.0%, Anglican 16.5%, Catholic 11.0%, Lutheran 9.1% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

In Brown Hill Creek 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.8%, Italian 1.8% and Mandarin 1.8%.

Employment

There were 83 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brown Hill Creek. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 41.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brown Hill Creek, 22.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brown Hill Creek was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Brown Hill Creek included Professionals 37.7%, Managers 14.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 3.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9% and Labourers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Brown Hill Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 6.5%, Furniture, Floor Covering and Other Goods Wholesaling 5.2%, Motor Vehicle Retailing 5.2%, State Government Administration 5.2% and Oil and Gas Extraction 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brown Hill Creek was $514.

In Brown Hill Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Bus 3.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Bicycle 3.8% and Train, car as driver 3.8%. On the day, 10.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brown Hill Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Brown Hill Creek, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brown Hill Creek, 45.1% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Brown Hill Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brown Hill Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Brown Hill Creek, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 37.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brown Hill Creek, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brown Hill Creek, 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 Brown Hill Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.0% had 2 bedrooms and 28.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brown Hill Creek, 50.8% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Brown Hill Creek, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Brown Hill Creek, 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.3% 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 Brown Hill Creek, 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brown Hill Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Brown Hill Creek, 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 Brown Hill Creek, 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.