Beacon Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,900 people in Beacon Hill of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Beacon Hill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Beacon Hill aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beacon Hill was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Beacon Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beacon Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Beacon Hill 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 19.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beacon Hill were English 26.1%, Australian 25.5%, Irish 8.0%, Italian 7.0% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Beacon Hill, 69.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, Italy 2.6%, New Zealand 2.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1% and South Africa 1.3%.

In Beacon Hill, 44.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beacon Hill were Catholic 33.4%, Anglican 21.1%, No Religion 20.2%, Uniting Church 3.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Beacon Hill 79.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 4.1%, Mandarin 2.0%, Cantonese 1.8%, French 0.7% and Spanish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 3,621 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beacon Hill. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beacon Hill, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beacon Hill was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Beacon Hill included Professionals 23.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Managers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Beacon Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, School Education 3.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.2% and Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beacon Hill was $671.

In Beacon Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.1%, Bus 8.5%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 3.0% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 12.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beacon Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.9% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Beacon Hill, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beacon Hill, 56.4% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Beacon Hill 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beacon Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,740 and those without children was $2,328.

Employment status of couple families

In Beacon Hill, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beacon Hill, 97.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beacon Hill, 90.5% were separate houses, 7.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Beacon Hill, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beacon Hill, 40.4% were owned outright, 44.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Beacon Hill, of all households, 85.9% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Beacon Hill, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Beacon Hill, 28.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beacon Hill, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 72.2%) were male and 5 (or 27.8%) were female. The median age was 59 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Beacon Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Beacon Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,225.