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Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) vs Preston (Northern Metropolitan)
State Electorate comparison ≈ 5.9 km apart · Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) profile · Preston (Northern Metropolitan) profile
Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) Preston (Northern Metropolitan)
Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) and Preston (Northern Metropolitan) are neighbouring areas with distinct profiles. Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) is a highly educated hub where 51.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher and 56.6% of people report no religion. It is also a place where more people work from home (42.1%) and typical personal incomes are well higher at $1,062 a week. In contrast, Preston (Northern Metropolitan) has a higher proportion of separate houses (59.7%) and three-bedroom homes (56.3%). It is also more linguistically diverse, with 38.4% of people using a language other than English at home.
Both areas sit close to the national figure for the share of people born overseas, at 30.0% in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) and 34.9% in Preston (Northern Metropolitan). They are also virtually identical in how many people per bedroom they have and their monthly home-loan payments. Over time, the gap in education has widened, while the difference in the share of people using another language at home has narrowed since 2016.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2016: 71,047
- First area, 2021: 74,300
- Second area, 2016: 68,149
- Second area, 2021: 69,342
- First area, 2016: 33 yrs
- First area, 2021: 34 yrs
- Second area, 2016: 36 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 37 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 0.8% males, 1.2% females; 85+ in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 1.2% males, 1.9% females
- 80–84 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 0.7% males, 1.1% females; 80–84 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 1.1% males, 1.4% females
- 75–79 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 0.9% males, 1.1% females; 75–79 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 1.2% males, 1.6% females
- 70–74 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 1.2% males, 1.5% females; 70–74 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 1.5% males, 1.8% females
- 65–69 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 1.5% males, 1.8% females; 65–69 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 1.9% males, 2.1% females
- 60–64 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 1.9% males, 2.2% females; 60–64 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 2.3% males, 2.4% females
- 55–59 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 2.2% males, 2.4% females; 55–59 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 2.6% males, 2.8% females
- 50–54 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 2.8% males, 2.9% females; 50–54 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 3.2% males, 3.2% females
- 45–49 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 3.0% males, 3.2% females; 45–49 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 3.3% males, 3.3% females
- 40–44 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 3.6% males, 3.8% females; 40–44 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 3.6% males, 3.8% females
- 35–39 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 4.9% males, 4.9% females; 35–39 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 4.5% males, 4.5% females
- 30–34 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 6.5% males, 6.8% females; 30–34 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 5.1% males, 5.2% females
- 25–29 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 6.1% males, 7.0% females; 25–29 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 4.7% males, 4.5% females
- 20–24 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 3.8% males, 4.5% females; 20–24 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 3.2% males, 3.0% females
- 15–19 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 1.7% males, 1.8% females; 15–19 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 2.0% males, 2.0% females
- 10–14 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 1.9% males, 1.8% females; 10–14 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 2.3% males, 2.2% females
- 5–9 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 2.0% males, 2.0% females; 5–9 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 2.7% males, 2.4% females
- 0–4 in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan): 2.2% males, 2.1% females; 0–4 in Preston (Northern Metropolitan): 3.0% males, 2.8% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2016: $790
- First area, 2021: $1,062
- Second area, 2016: $566
- Second area, 2021: $776
- First area, 2016: $1,645
- First area, 2021: $2,036
- Second area, 2016: $1,239
- Second area, 2021: $1,623
- First area, 2016: $2,140
- First area, 2021: $2,721
- Second area, 2016: $1,487
- Second area, 2021: $2,088
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
Family & Households
- First area, 2016: 2.3
- First area, 2021: 2.2
- Second area, 2016: 2.5
- Second area, 2021: 2.4
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2016: $380
- First area, 2021: $411
- Second area, 2016: $320
- Second area, 2021: $366
- First area, 2016: $2,000
- First area, 2021: $2,123
- Second area, 2016: $1,750
- Second area, 2021: $2,000
- First area, 2016: 1.00
- First area, 2021: 0.90
- Second area, 2016: 0.90
- Second area, 2021: 0.90
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) vs Preston (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sed/SED21303/brunswick/vs/SED26903/preston