Beeac

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 223 people in Beeac of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Beeac was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Beeac aged 15 years and over, 37.1% were married and 21.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beeac was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Beeac, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beeac was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 20 years.

In Beeac 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beeac were Australian 37.5%, English 32.7%, Scottish 9.1%, Irish 8.0% and German 2.5%.

In Beeac, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.7%, Germany 1.8% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Beeac, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beeac were No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 18.7%, Uniting Church 17.3%, Anglican 16.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8%.

In Beeac 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 1.3% and Mandarin 1.3%.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beeac. Of these 52.6% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beeac, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beeac was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Beeac included Labourers 24.1%, Sales Workers 21.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Managers 8.0%, Professionals 6.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Beeac, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.3%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.3%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 3.3% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beeac was $402.

In Beeac, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.7%, Truck 4.6%, Car as driver, truck 4.6% and Train 3.4%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beeac, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.8% provided care for children and 17.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Beeac, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beeac, 38.5% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 23.1% were one parent families.

In Beeac 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beeac, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,708 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Beeac, of couple families with children, 10.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beeac, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beeac, 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 Beeac, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beeac, 41.4% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Beeac, of all households, 59.2% were family households, 36.7% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Beeac, 42.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Beeac, 37.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beeac, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Beeac, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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