Brookfield Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Brookfield (3338) is a suburb of Melbourne, West, Victoria. It is about 40 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Brookfield is in the federal electorate of Gorton.

In the 2011 census the population of Brookfield was 6,104 and is comprised of approximately 50.9% females and 49.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Brookfield is 31 years of age.

72.2% of people living in the suburb of Brookfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% England, 2.5% New Zealand, 2.0% India, 1.6% Philippines, 1.2% Malta, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Italy, 0.6% Sudan, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Vietnam, 0.4% Sri Lanka, 0.4% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.3% China .

78.7% of people living in Brookfield speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Other, 1.4% Maltese, 1.0% Italian, 1.0% Filipino , 0.9% Hindi, 0.8% Vietnamese, 0.8% Spanish, 0.7% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Brookfield is 32.0% Catholic, 21.5% No religion, 14.0% Anglican, 8.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 2.4% Eastern Orthodox, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Islam, 1.4% Baptist.

50.0% of people are married, 35.2% have never married and 7.0% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 229 widowed people living in Brookfield.

62.7% of the people living in Brookfield over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.6% are working on a part time basis. Brookfield has an unemployment rate of 5.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Brookfield are 18.1% Technicians & trades workers, 17.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Professionals, 10.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.1% Sales workers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Labourers, 9.3% Managers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Brookfield work in are 12.7% Construction, 12.2% Manufacturing, 11.8% Retail trade, 10.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.2% Health care and social assistance, 6.2% Public administration and safety, 6.0% Education and training, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 4.5% Other services.

25.8% of homes are fully owned, and 49.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $596 per week and the median household income is $1377 per week.

The median rent in Brookfield is $295 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Brookfield postcode 3338