Upper Brookfield Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Upper Brookfield (4069) is a suburb of Brisbane, Western Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 17 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Upper Brookfield is in the federal electorate of Ryan.

In the 2011 census the population of Upper Brookfield was 655 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Upper Brookfield is 42 years of age.

79.1% of people living in the suburb of Upper Brookfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.0% England, 2.0% South Africa, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.5% Netherlands, 1.2% Scotland, 1.1% United States of America, 0.9% Poland, 0.9% India, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.9% Hong Kong , 0.8% Belgium, 0.8% Italy, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% Austria.

95.0% of people living in Upper Brookfield speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Italian, 0.9% German, 0.9% Dutch, 0.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% French, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Upper Brookfield is 35.2% No religion, 21.1% Catholic, 16.5% Anglican, 9.3% Uniting Church, 6.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.8% Baptist, 1.8% Other Christian, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Lutheran.

60.8% of people are married, 27.0% have never married and 7.4% are divorced and 1.8% are separated. There are 15 widowed people living in Upper Brookfield.

57.5% of the people living in Upper Brookfield over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.7% are working on a part time basis. Upper Brookfield has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Upper Brookfield are 37.1% Professionals, 15.5% Managers, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.9% Technicians & trades workers, 6.0% Labourers, 5.2% Sales workers, 4.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.6% Community & personal service workers.

The main industries people from Upper Brookfield work in are 17.2% Education and training, 14.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.8% Health care and social assistance, 8.7% Construction, 8.1% Public administration and safety, 7.3% Manufacturing, 5.8% Retail trade, 4.4% Administrative and support services, 3.8% Other services.

43.2% of homes are fully owned, and 44.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $821 per week and the median household income is $1989 per week.

The median rent in Upper Brookfield is $273 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Upper Brookfield postcode 4069