Brunswick

17.9% of Brunswick's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

332 family households lived in Brunswick; 37.3% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Brunswick had 1,195 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 92.2% of occupied private dwellings in Brunswick.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

41.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

The average household in Brunswick had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 38.0%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

65.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 29.6% of the total.

66.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.5% reported a different address.

14.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

88.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.0% of Brunswick's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.5% of ancestry responses in Brunswick.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.5%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.5%.

Median household income was $1,333 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,398.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 5.7% in Brunswick, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 34.9% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is close to the Rest of WA average.

Renting accounted for 24.0% in Brunswick, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.