Beulah Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,554 people in Beulah Park of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Beulah Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Beulah Park aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beulah Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Beulah Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beulah Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Beulah Park 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 15.6% in secondary school and 32.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beulah Park were English 26.6%, Australian 19.5%, Italian 11.4%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Beulah Park, 68.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Italy 5.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5%, Greece 1.5% and Malaysia 1.5%.

In Beulah Park, 48.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beulah Park were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 12.3%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Eastern Orthodox 5.0%.

In Beulah Park 74.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 7.2%, Greek 3.5%, Cantonese 1.9%, Mandarin 1.4% and Spanish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 824 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beulah Park. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beulah Park, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beulah Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Beulah Park included Professionals 39.1%, Managers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 4.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Beulah Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.9%, Tertiary Education 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Hospitals 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beulah Park was $702.

In Beulah Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.0%, Bus 8.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bicycle 4.1% and Walked only 4.1%. On the day, 9.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beulah Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Beulah Park, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beulah Park, 43.9% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Beulah Park 11.1% of single parents were male and 88.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beulah Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $2,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Beulah Park, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beulah Park, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beulah Park, 77.1% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Beulah Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 33.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beulah Park, 35.5% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 29.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Beulah Park, of all households, 65.5% were family households, 28.4% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Beulah Park, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.7% 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 Beulah Park, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beulah Park, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Beulah Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,433.

In Beulah Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.