Brown Hill Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Brown Hill (3350) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Ballaratt, Victoria. It is about 98 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Brown Hill is in the federal electorate of Ballarat.

In the 2011 census the population of Brown Hill was 3,078 and is comprised of approximately 51.4% females and 48.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Brown Hill is 35 years of age.

88.0% of people living in the suburb of Brown Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.2% England, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Japan, 0.3% Croatia, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Austria, 0.2% Egypt, 0.2% India, 0.1% Chile.

94.5% of people living in Brown Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Japanese, 0.2% Croatian, 0.2% German, 0.1% Russian.

The religious makeup of Brown Hill is 31.7% Catholic, 23.7% No religion, 13.5% Anglican, 9.1% Uniting Church, 6.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Churches of Christ, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Lutheran.

47.1% of people are married, 35.7% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 122 widowed people living in Brown Hill.

58.1% of the people living in Brown Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.5% are working on a part time basis. Brown Hill has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Brown Hill are 18.5% Professionals, 18.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.3% Sales workers, 10.9% Managers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 9.2% Labourers, 6.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Brown Hill work in are 16.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.9% Retail trade, 12.5% Construction, 10.2% Manufacturing, 7.9% Education and training, 6.4% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Other services, 5.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.0% Public administration and safety.

31.1% of homes are fully owned, and 39.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $559 per week and the median household income is $1107 per week.

The median rent in Brown Hill is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1326 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Brown Hill postcode 3350