Beecroft

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,514 people were counted in Beecroft: of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft there were 1,690 children aged 0-14 years and 2,340 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, 7,812 people were Australian citizens, 2,131 were born overseas and 72 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, 62.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.2% were separated or divorced, 6.4% were widowed and 26.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, 71.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Beecroft were England 4.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.4% and India 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Beecroft on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 25.4%, Catholic 22.9%, No Religion 14.3%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 5.0%, Mandarin 1.2%, Korean 1.0%, Italian 0.7% and Tamil 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,401 people aged 15 years and over in Beecroft were in the labour force. Of these 59.8% worked full-time, 34.7% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.2% were unemployed. 2,308 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 23.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Managers and Administrators 8.7%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.5% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Beecroft, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 11.6%, Health Services 7.1%, Education 7.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3% and Food Retailing 2.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, 2,367 families were counted: of these, 32.7% were couple families without children, 58.1% were couple families with children, 8.3% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, 2,789 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Beecroft, 92.7% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, 58.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.4% were being purchased and 9.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 59.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Beecroft, 83.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.