Beagle Bay (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 285 people in Beagle Bay (L) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 89.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Beagle Bay (L) was 20 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 38.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in Beagle Bay (L) aged 15 years and over, 14.2% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beagle Bay (L) was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Beagle Bay (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 7.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 40.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beagle Bay (L) was 30 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Beagle Bay (L) 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.2% were in primary school, 10.8% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beagle Bay (L) were Australian Aboriginal 79.9%, English 4.3%, Australian 2.7%, Torres Strait Islander 2.3% and Malay 1.3%.

In Beagle Bay (L), 98.3% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Beagle Bay (L), 94.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beagle Bay (L) were Catholic 84.7%, No Religion 6.9%, Anglican 1.0%, Christian, nfd 1.0% and Other Protestant 1.0%.

In Beagle Bay (L) 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.0% and Yulparija 1.0%.

Employment

There were 74 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beagle Bay (L). Of these 31.1% were employed full time, 45.9% were employed part-time and 14.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beagle Bay (L), 21.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 25.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 17.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beagle Bay (L) was 56 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Beagle Bay (L) included Professionals 28.1%, Labourers 23.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Managers 4.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.7% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Beagle Bay (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 21.3%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 14.8%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 9.8%, Metal Ore Mining 8.2% and Residential Building Construction 8.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beagle Bay (L) was $278.

In Beagle Bay (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 49.2%, Car, as driver 20.6%, Car, as passenger 14.3% and Bicycle 4.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 27.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beagle Bay (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 51.1% provided care for children and 5.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.0% 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 Beagle Bay (L), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beagle Bay (L), 50.8% were couple families with children, 6.8% were couple families without children and 42.4% were one parent families.

In Beagle Bay (L) 26.1% of single parents were male and 73.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beagle Bay (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $500 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Beagle Bay (L), of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 7.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beagle Bay (L), 65.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beagle Bay (L), 94.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Beagle Bay (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 26.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 4.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beagle Bay (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 94.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Beagle Bay (L), of all households, 92.6% were family households, 7.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Beagle Bay (L), 37.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Beagle Bay (L), 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 5.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beagle Bay (L), there were 255 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 121 (or 47.5%) were male and 134 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Beagle Bay (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Beagle Bay (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.