Brookton Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Brookton (6306) is a suburb of South Western, Heartlands, Western Australia. It is about 118 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Brookton is in the federal electorate of O'Connor.

In the 2011 census the population of Brookton was 935 and is comprised of approximately 49.4% females and 50.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Brookton is 44 years of age.

83.2% of people living in the suburb of Brookton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.2% England, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.1% Netherlands, 0.5% India, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Germany.

92.0% of people living in Brookton speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Dutch, 0.3% Indonesian, 0.3% Italian.

The religious makeup of Brookton is 26.0% Anglican, 25.6% No religion, 13.1% Catholic, 12.8% Uniting Church, 10.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Christian, nfd, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Other religious affiliation , 1.3% Baptist, 0.9% Jehovah's Witnesses.

55.1% of people are married, 25.6% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 69 widowed people living in Brookton.

59.5% of the people living in Brookton over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.8% are working on a part time basis. Brookton has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Brookton are 40.8% Managers, 10.2% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Labourers, 9.2% Technicians & trades workers, 7.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.2% Professionals, 6.2% Sales workers, 3.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Brookton work in are 42.1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 8.8% Retail trade, 7.3% Education and training, 6.0% Public administration and safety, 4.0% Wholesale trade, 3.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 2.8% Accommodation and food services, 2.5% Financial and insurance services.

45.0% of homes are fully owned, and 21.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $458 per week and the median household income is $864 per week.

The median rent in Brookton is $90 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1200 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Brookton postcode 6306