Brookfield

26.8% of Brookfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

2,765 family households lived in Brookfield; 53.4% were couple families and 18.2% were one-parent families.

50.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

Brookfield had 10,782 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Separate houses made up 89.7% of occupied private dwellings in Brookfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

24.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

45.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.0% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

The average household in Brookfield had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Two-person households represented 25.9%, while 37.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

63.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

4.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.

One-car households formed 30.1% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

33.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.

59.6% of residents used only English at home.

34.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.8% spoke Hindi.

33.9% of Brookfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

7.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.0% of ancestry responses in Brookfield.

Australian ancestry made up 25.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.7%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.

34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.

63.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.5%.

Median household income was $1,642 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,663.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 15.1% in Brookfield, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.

Outright ownership was 24.2% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.

Renting accounted for 30.0% in Brookfield, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.