Brim

17.7% of Brim's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

52 family households lived in Brim; 36.5% were couple families and 11.5% were one-parent families.

23.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Brim had 181 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 88.4% of occupied private dwellings in Brim.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

70.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

22.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Brim had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 41.3%, while 27.0% had four or more usual residents.

22.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

49.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 15.5% of the total.

87.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

79.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 20.5% reported a different address.

6.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

83.4% of residents used only English at home.

7.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.1% of Brim's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.9% 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 84.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Brim.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

3.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 36.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

25.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

11.6% reported asthma, 15.5% arthritis and 9.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.3%.

Median household income was $1,350 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $510.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $165 per week.

Working from home was 22.9% in Brim, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 70.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 6.3% in Brim, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..