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Brunswick West

Map of Brunswick West with public transport. Brunswick West has Moreland Road to the north and Citylink to the west and Brunswick Road to the south and Grantham Street on its east. The Brunswick West Profile covers social demographics from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing.

The enumerated population count for Brunswick West in the 2006 census was 12,162.

Some key differences between Brunswick West and the City of Moreland are:

Population and age

Brunswick West has a larger percentage of people aged 25 to 34 years old (22.9%) and 18 to 24 years old (12.2%), compared to the City of Moreland (18.3% and 10.2% respectively).

Country of birth

60.6% of Brunswick West residents stated they were born in Australia. The Top 10 countries of birth for Brunswick West (excluding Australia) were Italy, Greece, United Kingdom, China, India, New Zealand, Lebanon, Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

Although Italy was the main country of birth, a smaller proportion of Brunswick West residents were born in Italy than compared with the Moreland average (5.4% compared to 7.4%).

Languages

Brunswick West has a larger proportion of residents who speak English only (58.8%) compared to the City of Moreland (54.6%).

The Top 10 languages spoken at home in Brunswick West (other than English) are Italian, Greek, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Filipino (Tagalog) Turkish, and Hindi.

Religion

A larger proportion of Brunswick West residents professed no religious affiliation (23%) compared to the City of Moreland (17.1%).

The main religions represented by Brunswick West residents are Catholicism (31.7%), Orthodox (9.3%), Anglican (7.3%), Islam (5.2%), Buddhism (2.7%), and Uniting Church (2.5%). Although Catholicism is the main religion in Brunswick West, a smaller percentage nominated Catholic (31.7%) than the average for the City of Moreland (37.2%).

Education

A larger percentage of Brunswick West residents hold a Bachelor Degree or higher (30.6%) compared to 21.4% of residents of the City of Moreland. Conversely, Brunswick West has a smaller proportion of residents who do not have qualifications (41.2% compared to 47.5%).

Brunswick West residents constitute a larger percentage of persons attending University than the City of Moreland (9% compared to 5.9%).

Transport

Larger percentages of Brunswick West residents (22.5%) used public transport to get to work than the City of Moreland average (19.2%).

A larger percentage of Brunswick West residents do not own a vehicle (19.3%) compared to Moreland (14.9%).

Household and family composition

A larger percentage of Brunswick West residents live in lone person households (34.9%) or group households (9.4%) compared to Moreland overall (26.7% and 6.7% respectively).