Beverford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 372 people in Beverford of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Beverford was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Beverford aged 15 years and over, 62.1% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beverford was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Beverford, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beverford was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Beverford 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beverford were Australian 32.1%, English 29.6%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 7.4% and German 6.7%.

In Beverford, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.1%, England 0.8%, Germany 0.8%, India 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Beverford, 87.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beverford were Catholic 23.6%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Pentecostal 3.2%.

In Beverford 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1% and German 0.8%.

Employment

There were 186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beverford. Of these 61.8% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beverford, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beverford was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Beverford included Managers 24.1%, Professionals 19.3%, Sales Workers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Labourers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Beverford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 10.2%, School Education 8.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.5%, Residential Care Services 5.4% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beverford was $506.

In Beverford, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 5.9% and Ferry, car as driver, car as passenger 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beverford, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.9% 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 Beverford, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beverford, 45.0% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Beverford 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beverford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,036 and those without children was $1,178.

Employment status of couple families

In Beverford, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% 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 Beverford, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beverford, 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 Beverford, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beverford, 36.4% were owned outright, 44.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Beverford, of all households, 83.3% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Beverford, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Beverford, 18.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beverford, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 35.0%) were male and 13 (or 65.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Beverford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Beverford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $542.