Brooklyn VIC 3012

Living Here

Brooklyn is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 1,979 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,958 a week, with median rent near $391 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 40% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Italian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $810,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Altona North statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Brooklyn itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 40 schools

  • Annunciation Primary School
  • Emmanuel College St Paul's Campus
  • Bayside P-12 College Altona North Campus
  • Altona North Primary School
  • St Leo the Great Primary School
  • Sunshine Special Development School
  • Wembley Primary School
  • Kingsville Primary School
  • Corpus Christi Primary School
  • St Peter's Primary School

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• 27 cafés & restaurants

  • Parotta Station
  • Tico's Coffee
  • Try-Thai
  • Italian Social Club Altona
  • Cafe Cubin
  • Hot Rox Flame N Grill
  • The General Cafe, Altona North
  • Nando's
  • Taco Bill
  • Nick's Takeaway

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• 4 supermarkets

  • Stan Cash
  • Coles
  • ALDI
  • Woolworths
• 34 parks

  • D. N. Duane Reserve
  • Brooklyn Reserve
  • Rowan & Almond Avenue Reserve
  • A.W. Bond Reserve
  • Crofts Reserve
  • V. L. Hearn Reserve
  • G.J. Hosken Reserve
  • Duke Street Reserve
  • Haven Central Park
  • A. W. Langshaw Reserve

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• 15 Catholic churches

  • Corpus Christi
  • Tottenham Baptist Church
  • Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Sunshine
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church
  • Christ the King Catholic Church Braybrook
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
  • St. Mary's Church
  • St Monica's Catholic Church
  • Croatian Catholic Centre
  • St Martin de Porres

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• 7 pharmacies

  • Chemist Warehouse
  • PharmaSave
  • Chemist Warehouse
  • Guardian Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy 4 Less
  • Lucinda Pharmacy
  • Scown's Pharmacy
• 3 doctors & medical clinics

  • Inspired Health Chiropractic
  • Elm Rd Family Clinic
  • Lifeline Medicals Centre
• 9 dentists

  • AltonaGate Dental
  • Lifeline Wisdom Dental
  • Kingsville Dental
  • Melbourne Road Dental Surgery
  • Luminaire Dental
  • Sunshine Smiles Dental Clinic
  • Sunshine Family Dental
  • Hampshire Rd Dental Surgery
  • Newport Smiles Dental Surgery
• 4 physiotherapists

  • Physiotherapy & Clinical Pilates
  • Seddon Physiotherapy
  • Evado Studios
  • Braybrook Physio
• 17 optometrists

  • EyeQ
  • Oculus Dexter
  • Optic 2000
  • K.L. McLennan
  • Two Faces
  • Myspecs
  • The Eye Lab Melbourne
  • Peep Optical
  • Two Faces Eyewear and Optometry
  • Specsavers

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• 46 hospitals

  • Western Private Hospital
  • Footscray Hospital
  • Williamstown Hospital
  • Sunshine Private Hospital
  • Sunshine Hospital
  • North West Day Hospital
  • IPC Health Deer Park
  • Essendon Private Clinic
  • Essendon Private Clinic
  • North Melbourne Renal Care Centre

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• 8 vets

  • West Footscray Veterinary Clinic
  • Yarraville Veterinary Clinic
  • VetCall
  • Melbourne Veterinary Rehabilitation
  • Bird & Exotic Animal Clinic
  • Yarraville Village Animal Hospital
  • Seddon Vet Hospital
  • Altona Veterinary Clinic
• 4 childcare & kindergartens

  • Early Learners Childcare
  • South Kingsville Pre-school
  • Altona North Kindergarten
  • South Sunshine Kindergarten
• 7 libraries

  • Altona North Community Library
  • West Footscray Library
  • Newport Library
  • Sunshine Library
  • Footscray Library
  • Footscray Mechanics' Institute Library
  • Altona Library
• 8 post offices

  • Altona North Post Office
  • Altona East LPO
  • Australia Post - Kingsville West LPO
  • Tottenham Cental LPO
  • Robinson LPO
  • Kingsville LPO
  • Newport West LPO
  • Yarraville Post Office
• 26 service stations

  • Ampol
  • BP
  • EG Altona North
  • United
  • Shell
  • United
  • Puma Laverton North
  • Shell
  • Ampol Foodary Laverton North
  • BP

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• 16 gyms & sports centres

  • Maltese Bocci Club
  • Paul Sadler Swimland Westgate
  • Westgate Sports & Entertainment Complex
  • Cliffhanger Climbing Gym
  • Footscray Lacrosse Club
  • Bayfit Leisure Centre
  • BFT
  • Altona Badminton Centre
  • Altona Lacrosse Club
  • Battle Kart

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• 7 golf clubs

  • Altona Lakes Golf Course
  • Westgate Golf Course
  • Medway Golf Club
  • Mt Derrimut Golf and Community Club
  • Riverside Golf Course
  • Kooringal Golf Club
  • RAAF Williams Laverton Golf Club
• 4 dog parks

  • Off Leash Dog Area
  • Proposed Killeen Street Reserve Off-Leash area
  • Martin Reserve (Dog Offleash Area)
  • Collenso Street Reserve Dog Off-Leash Area
• 4 bakeries

  • Baker's Delight
  • Golden Oven Bakery
  • Mouna’s Sweets
  • Bretzel Biz
• 5 butchers

  • A&L Gugoiotta & Sons
  • Vinh Butcher
  • Mohammad halal meat and vegetables
  • Hamani
  • Kassala Halal Meats
• 9 hardware stores

  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • D. & H. Hardware
  • Kollion Hardware Fishing Locksmith
  • Central Cleaning Supplies
  • Grain and Grape
  • Sydney Tools
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Total Tools
• 3 hairdressers

  • Razor King
  • Kingsville Barber Lounge
  • Kingdom Barbers
• 2 beauty salons

  • Genesis Nails & Beauty
  • Laser Skin Clinic
• 40 mechanics

  • Brooklyn Accident Repair Centre
  • UltraTune
  • Gordon Forklifts
  • Vee Motors
  • Altona North Car Care
  • Altona Repair Centre
  • Harrison Steele
  • Perfect Smash Repair
  • Unique Auto Prestige
  • Cirfe

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• 6 electricians

  • Electrx
  • Switch Electrical
  • Melbourne Commercial Electricians
  • Fair Value Solar
  • Cables Plus Victoria
  • CTM Electrical Services
• 5 plumbers

  • Reece
  • A&C Plumbing
  • Gplumb
  • Craig's Gas & Plumbing
  • McCanns plumbing supplies
• 7 places to stay

  • Guiding Star Hotel
  • Discovery Parks Melbourne
  • Quest Williamstown North
  • Palms Hotel
  • Footscray Motor Inn
  • Hopkins House
  • Jan's

Getting around. Train station: Tottenham, 2.9 km north-east · Bus interchange: Sunshine Station, 3.8 km north · Ferry wharf: Spotswood, 4.8 km east · Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 11.6 km north-east.

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Sport & Recreation

2 facilities recorded in Brooklyn.

• Brooklyn Reserve Tennis (Outdoor)
• Duane Reserve Soccer

Socio-economic Standing

Median Sale Prices

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 6.6% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 69.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

140,715 bird observations recorded near Brooklyn — most often seen:

• Common Starling (6,048)
• Little Raven (6,040)
• Silver Gull (6,016)
• Red Wattlebird (5,740)
• Eurasian Coot (5,645)
• Common Myna (5,624)
• Superb Fairy-wren (5,617)
• Eurasian Blackbird (5,570)
• Little Pied Cormorant (5,369)
• New Holland Honeyeater (5,303)
• Spotted Turtle-dove (5,242)
• Black Swan (5,238)
• Pacific Black Duck (4,960)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Brooklyn:

• Altona North (1.7 km)
• Tottenham (2 km)
• South Kingsville (2.7 km)
• West Footscray (3.3 km)
• Spotswood (3.4 km)
• Kingsville (3.4 km)
• Yarraville (3.5 km)
• Sunshine (3.7 km)

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