Browns Plains (Qld)

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 6,309 people in Browns Plains (Qld). Of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Browns Plains (Qld) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Browns Plains (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 39.5% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

In Browns Plains (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

In Browns Plains (Qld) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Browns Plains (Qld), 18.9% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 20.5% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 7.3% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Browns Plains (Qld) were English 24.5%, Australian 21.2%, Irish 5.8%, Scottish 5.2% and Chinese 3.6%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Browns Plains (Qld) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Browns Plains (Qld), 59.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.2%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.8%, India 1.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3%.

In Browns Plains (Qld), 38.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Browns Plains (Qld), the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 43.8%, New Zealand 9.6%, England 4.7%, Samoa 2.3% and India 2.0%.

In Browns Plains (Qld), the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 45.8%, New Zealand 10.1%, England 3.8%, Philippines 2.4% and Samoa 2.1%.

The most common responses for religion in Browns Plains (Qld) were No Religion, so described 29.3%, Catholic 18.0%, Anglican 12.2%, Not stated 11.4% and Christian, nfd 4.6%. In Browns Plains (Qld), Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (56.3%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Browns Plains (Qld) 69.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.8%, Samoan 1.5%, Hindi 1.3%, Urdu 1.2% and Spanish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 2,961 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Browns Plains (Qld). Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Browns Plains (Qld), 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Browns Plains (Qld) included Machinery Operators and Drivers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Labourers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Professionals 9.0% and Managers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Browns Plains (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Aged Care Residential Services 3.6%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 2.9% and Other Warehousing and Storage Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Browns Plains (Qld) was $594.

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In Browns Plains (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Bus 3.5%, Worked at home 2.9% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 6.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Browns Plains (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Browns Plains (Qld), 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Browns Plains (Qld), 41.1% were couple families with children, 29.7% were couple families without children and 26.9% were one parent families.

In Browns Plains (Qld), 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Browns Plains (Qld), of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Browns Plains (Qld), 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Browns Plains (Qld), 81.1% were separate houses, 18.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Browns Plains (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 69.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Browns Plains (Qld), 18.7% were owned outright, 32.7% were owned with a mortgage and 46.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Browns Plains (Qld), of all households, 76.2% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Browns Plains (Qld), 17.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 5.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Browns Plains (Qld), 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Browns Plains (Qld), 85.1% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Browns Plains (Qld), 48.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 51.7% were female. The median age was 20 years.

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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.

In Browns Plains (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,226.

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In Browns Plains (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,509.

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