Brewarrina (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 923 people in Brewarrina (L) of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 65.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Brewarrina (L) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Brewarrina (L) aged 15 years and over, 22.5% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brewarrina (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Brewarrina (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 19.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brewarrina (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Brewarrina (L) 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 6.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brewarrina (L) were Australian 36.4%, Australian Aboriginal 24.9%, English 16.7%, Irish 3.6% and Scottish 3.2%.

In Brewarrina (L), 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Egypt 0.7%, New Zealand 0.4%, Sri Lanka 0.4%, Austria 0.3% and England 0.3%.

In Brewarrina (L), 91.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brewarrina (L) were Anglican 34.1%, Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 21.1%, Brethren 2.8% and Uniting Church 1.7%.

In Brewarrina (L) 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.5%, German 0.3%, Turkish 0.3%, Malayalam 0.3% and Nepali 0.3%.

Employment

There were 333 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brewarrina (L). Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 13.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brewarrina (L), 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brewarrina (L) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Brewarrina (L) included Community and Personal Service Workers 23.3%, Professionals 15.3%, Managers 14.6%, Labourers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Brewarrina (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 15.6%, School Education 14.6%, Hospitals 8.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.5% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brewarrina (L) was $367.

In Brewarrina (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.9%, Walked only 27.0%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Truck 2.8% and Bicycle 2.1%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brewarrina (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.2% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Brewarrina (L), 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brewarrina (L), 34.6% were couple families with children, 25.0% were couple families without children and 35.1% were one parent families.

In Brewarrina (L) 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brewarrina (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,156 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Brewarrina (L), of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 12.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brewarrina (L), 82.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brewarrina (L), 86.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Brewarrina (L), of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 26.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brewarrina (L), 24.1% were owned outright, 12.2% were owned with a mortgage and 61.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Brewarrina (L), of all households, 66.4% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Brewarrina (L), 35.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Brewarrina (L), 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brewarrina (L), there were 609 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 293 (or 48.1%) were male and 316 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Brewarrina (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $754.

In Brewarrina (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $542.