Beaconsfield Upper

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,843 people in Beaconsfield Upper of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Beaconsfield Upper was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Beaconsfield Upper aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beaconsfield Upper was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Beaconsfield Upper, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beaconsfield Upper was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Beaconsfield Upper 32.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beaconsfield Upper were English 32.4%, Australian 31.2%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 7.2% and German 3.2%.

In Beaconsfield Upper, 81.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, Scotland 1.3%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Beaconsfield Upper, 62.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beaconsfield Upper were No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 21.0%, Anglican 19.4%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Beaconsfield Upper 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Spanish 0.4%, Polish 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,534 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beaconsfield Upper. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beaconsfield Upper, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beaconsfield Upper was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Beaconsfield Upper included Professionals 19.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Managers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Beaconsfield Upper, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Building Installation Services 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.3% and Hospitals 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beaconsfield Upper was $700.

In Beaconsfield Upper, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 1.8%, Truck 1.6% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beaconsfield Upper, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.3% 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 Beaconsfield Upper, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beaconsfield Upper, 59.9% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Beaconsfield Upper 27.1% of single parents were male and 72.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beaconsfield Upper, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,440 and those without children was $2,215.

Employment status of couple families

In Beaconsfield Upper, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 31.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beaconsfield Upper, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beaconsfield Upper, 99.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Beaconsfield Upper, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 38.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beaconsfield Upper, 40.7% were owned outright, 53.0% were owned with a mortgage and 4.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Beaconsfield Upper, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Beaconsfield Upper, 9.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.3% 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 Beaconsfield Upper, 13.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beaconsfield Upper, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 40.0%) were male and 9 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Beaconsfield Upper, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Beaconsfield Upper, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.