Beveridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 872 people in Beveridge of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Beveridge was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Beveridge aged 15 years and over, 58.4% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beveridge was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Beveridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% 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 Beveridge was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Beveridge 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beveridge were English 21.6%, Australian 20.8%, Italian 11.5%, Irish 7.0% and Greek 3.9%.

In Beveridge, 72.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 4.1%, England 2.3%, Malta 1.7%, Greece 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Beveridge, 49.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beveridge were Catholic 35.1%, No Religion 19.2%, Anglican 12.4%, Eastern Orthodox 8.0% and Islam 3.7%.

In Beveridge 70.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.1%, Greek 3.6%, Maltese 2.0%, Punjabi 2.0% and Macedonian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 475 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beveridge. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beveridge, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Beveridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Managers 13.4%, Professionals 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Labourers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Beveridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Hospitals 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.3%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.0% and Building Completion Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beveridge was $602.

In Beveridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 3.0%, Train 2.2% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beveridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Beveridge, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beveridge, 56.8% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Beveridge 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beveridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,066 and those without children was $1,941.

Employment status of couple families

In Beveridge, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 29.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beveridge, 83.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beveridge, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Beveridge, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 35.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beveridge, 35.8% were owned outright, 51.5% were owned with a mortgage and 9.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Beveridge, of all households, 88.8% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Beveridge, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Beveridge, 12.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beveridge, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Beveridge, 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 Beveridge, 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.