North Brighton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,153 people in North Brighton of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in North Brighton was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in North Brighton aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Brighton was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In North Brighton, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Brighton was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In North Brighton 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 22.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Brighton were Australian 32.7%, English 31.5%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.2% and German 5.1%.

In North Brighton, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, Scotland 1.5%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and United States of America 0.6%.

In North Brighton, 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Brighton were No Religion 30.0%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Christian, nfd 6.0%.

In North Brighton 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.1%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.6%, Arabic 0.6% and Ukrainian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,041 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Brighton. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 35.7% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Brighton, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Brighton was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in North Brighton included Professionals 23.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Managers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Labourers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in North Brighton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.1%, Residential Care Services 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Hospitals 3.9% and Central Government Administration 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Brighton was $557.

In North Brighton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 3.7%, Train 3.6% and Bus 3.5%. On the day, 9.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Brighton, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.4% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 North Brighton, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Brighton, 45.1% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In North Brighton 19.1% of single parents were male and 80.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Brighton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,548 and those without children was $2,474.

Employment status of couple families

In North Brighton, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Brighton, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Brighton, 91.2% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Brighton, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 59.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Brighton, 44.9% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In North Brighton, of all households, 74.3% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In North Brighton, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.6% 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 North Brighton, 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Brighton, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 57.9%) were male and 8 (or 42.1%) were female. The median age was 24 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 North Brighton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In North Brighton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.