Beelbangera

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 311 people in Beelbangera of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Beelbangera was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Beelbangera aged 15 years and over, 58.4% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beelbangera was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Beelbangera, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beelbangera was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Beelbangera 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beelbangera were Australian 31.2%, English 26.8%, Italian 16.1%, Scottish 9.3% and Irish 4.7%.

In Beelbangera, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Italy 3.9%, New Zealand 1.0% and Papua New Guinea 1.0%.

In Beelbangera, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beelbangera were Catholic 40.2%, Anglican 17.7%, No Religion 11.9%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Other Protestant 3.2%.

In Beelbangera 87.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 8.7%.

Employment

There were 152 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beelbangera. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beelbangera, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beelbangera was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Beelbangera included Technicians and Trades Workers 27.2%, Labourers 13.9%, Professionals 12.6%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Managers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Beelbangera, the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 8.6%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.3%, School Education 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beelbangera was $551.

In Beelbangera, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 76.5%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Motorbike/scooter 2.7% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 82.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beelbangera, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Beelbangera, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beelbangera, 44.8% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Beelbangera 38.5% of single parents were male and 61.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beelbangera, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,531 and those without children was $1,678.

Employment status of couple families

In Beelbangera, of couple families with children, 20.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beelbangera, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beelbangera, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Beelbangera, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beelbangera, 32.7% were owned outright, 45.2% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Beelbangera, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Beelbangera, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Beelbangera, 21.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beelbangera, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Beelbangera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Beelbangera, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.