South Brighton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,419 people in South Brighton of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in South Brighton was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.3% of the population.

Of people in South Brighton aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Brighton was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In South Brighton, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Brighton was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In South Brighton 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 26.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Brighton were English 31.9%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 7.9%, Irish 7.4% and German 4.9%.

In South Brighton, 70.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.6%, Scotland 1.9%, Germany 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1% and India 0.8%.

In South Brighton, 58.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Brighton were No Religion 29.6%, Catholic 22.4%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Baptist 2.5%.

In South Brighton 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Greek 0.7%, Arabic 0.7%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.6% and Mandarin 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Brighton. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Brighton, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Brighton was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in South Brighton included Professionals 25.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Managers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Labourers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in South Brighton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.9%, School Education 4.6%, Tertiary Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Brighton was $588.

In South Brighton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.6%, Train 6.9%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Walked only 2.0% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 11.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Brighton, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 South Brighton, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Brighton, 36.7% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In South Brighton 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Brighton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,576 and those without children was $2,220.

Employment status of couple families

In South Brighton, of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Brighton, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Brighton, 72.2% were separate houses, 17.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Brighton, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Brighton, 38.7% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In South Brighton, of all households, 63.7% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In South Brighton, 27.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 South Brighton, 45.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Brighton, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 41 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 South Brighton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,833.

In South Brighton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.