City of Brimbank
Demographics

City of Brimbank

Section Title: Demographics
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Selected historical census data for City of Brimbank local government area

Census year	2001	2006	2011	2016

Population	Estimated residents on census night	162,931	168,215	182,735	194,319

LGA rank in terms of size within Victoria	3rd	3rd	6th

% of Victoria population	3.53%	3.41%	3.41%	3.28%

% of Australian population	0.87%	0.85%	0.85%	0.83%

Cultural and language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Vietnamese	11.0%	13.3%

English	10.2%	9.7%

Australian	11.1%	10.3%

Italian	6.1%	5.4%

Maltese	5.8%

Chinese	5.4%

Language, top responses (other than English)	Vietnamese	10.4%	12.6%	14.2%	16.2%

Maltese	5.2%	4.0%	3.3%	2.7%

Italian	4.6%	3.8%	3.2%	2.5%

Greek	4.2%	3.7%	3.2%	2.7%

Macedonian	4.1%	3.5%	2.9%

Punjabi	2.9%

Religious affiliation

Religious affiliation, top responses	Catholic	42.9%	40.1%	36.1%	31.3%

Orthodox	11.6%	10.5%	9.2%	6.4%

Buddhism	9.1%	10.8%	11.8%	10.8%

No religion	7.9%	9.3%	11.0%	16.8%

Anglican	5.9%	5.3%

Islam	5.6%

Median weekly incomes

Personal income	Median weekly personal income	A$358	A$429	A$487

% of Australian median income	76.8%	74.4%	73.6%

Family income	Median weekly family income	A$1029	A$1195	A$1358

% of Australian median income	87.8%	80.7%	78.3%

Household income	Median weekly household income	A$921	A$1106	A$1263

% of Australian median income	98.2%	89.6%	87.8%

Dwelling structure

Dwelling type	Separate house	88.7%	82.4%	76.9%	73.2%

Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse	4.0%	10.3%	5.0%	13.1%

Flat or apartment	6.3%	7.0%	7.5%	4.5%

Sentence(s)

At the 2016 Census, Brimbank had a population of 194,319.

final_sentence: At the 2016 Census, Brimbank had a population of 194,319.