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Brunswick

Map of Brunswick with public transport. Brunswick has Moreland Road on its northern boundary and Park Street on its southern boundary and Lygon Street on its eastern boundary and Grantham Street on its western boundary. The Brunswick Profile covers social demographics from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing.

The enumerated population count for Brunswick in the 2006 census was 20,735.

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

Population and age

Brunswick has a larger percentage of people aged 25 to 34 years old (27.3%) and 18 to 24 years old (14.5%), compared to the City of Moreland (18.3% and 10.2% respectively).

Country of birth

58.4% of Brunswick residents stated they were born in Australia. The Top 10 countries of birth for Brunswick (excluding Australia) were Italy, Greece, United Kingdom, China, New Zealand, India, Lebanon, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Although Italy was the main country of birth (excluding Australia), a smaller proportion of Brunswick residents were born in Italy than compared with the Moreland average (5.2%, compared to 7.4%).

Languages

Brunswick has a larger proportion of residents who speak English only (58.3%) compared to the City of Moreland (54.6%).

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

Religion

A larger proportion of Brunswick residents professed no religious affiliation (28.0%) compared to the City of Moreland (17.1%).

The main religions represented by Brunswick residents are Catholicism (25.1%), Orthodox (9.4%), Anglican (5.7%), Islam (4.6%), Buddhism (2.9%), and Uniting Church (2.2%). Although Catholicism is the main religion in Brunswick, a smaller percentage nominated Catholic (25.2%) than the average for the City of Moreland (37.2%).

Education

A larger percentage of Brunswick residents hold a Bachelor Degree or higher (35.8%) compared to 21.4% of residents of the City of Moreland. Conversely, Brunswick has a smaller proportion of residents who do not have qualifications (37.6% compared to 47.5%).

Brunswick residents constitute a larger percentage of persons attending University than the City of Moreland (12.3% compared to 5.9%).

Transport

Larger percentages of Brunswick residents (27.4%) used public transport to get to work than the City of Moreland average (19.2%). There were also a larger percentage of bicycle commuters in Brunswick (7.9%) compared to Moreland (3.6%).

A larger percentage of Brunswick households do not own a vehicle (21.1%) compared to Moreland (14.9%).

Household and family composition

The main family type in Brunswick is couples without children (45.2%), compared to 36.9% in Moreland.

A larger percentage of Brunswick residents live in group households (14%) compared to Moreland overall (6.7%).