Beverley Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,103 people in Beverley Park of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Beverley Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Beverley Park aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beverley Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Beverley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beverley Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Beverley Park 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 21.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beverley Park were Greek 17.9%, Australian 16.7%, English 14.9%, Irish 5.6% and Chinese 5.6%.

In Beverley Park, 65.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 5.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.4%, England 2.0%, New Zealand 1.5% and Lebanon 1.4%.

In Beverley Park, 34.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beverley Park were Catholic 30.8%, Eastern Orthodox 27.2%, Anglican 11.7%, No Religion 11.0% and Islam 5.0%.

In Beverley Park 52.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 18.6%, Arabic 4.4%, Cantonese 3.2%, Mandarin 2.4% and Italian 2.3%.

Employment

There were 1,001 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beverley Park. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beverley Park, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beverley Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Beverley Park included Professionals 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Managers 13.6%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9% and Labourers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Beverley Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.5%, Building Installation Services 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, School Education 3.3% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beverley Park was $594.

In Beverley Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.6%, Train 8.1%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Walked only 3.7% and Train, bus 2.8%. On the day, 15.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beverley Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Beverley Park, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beverley Park, 54.4% were couple families with children, 31.3% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Beverley Park 28.4% of single parents were male and 71.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beverley Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,509 and those without children was $2,175.

Employment status of couple families

In Beverley Park, of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beverley Park, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beverley Park, 89.9% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Beverley Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beverley Park, 48.2% were owned outright, 32.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Beverley Park, of all households, 80.8% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Beverley Park, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.6% 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 Beverley Park, 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beverley Park, 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 Beverley Park, 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 Beverley Park, 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.