Beverly Hills

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,661 people in Beverly Hills of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Beverly Hills was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.6% of the population.

Of people in Beverly Hills aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beverly Hills was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Beverly Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beverly Hills was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Beverly Hills 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beverly Hills were Chinese 24.5%, Australian 12.3%, English 11.6%, Greek 8.4% and Irish 4.7%.

In Beverly Hills, 51.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 12.5%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.9%, Greece 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9% and Vietnam 1.7%.

In Beverly Hills, 24.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 66.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beverly Hills were Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 17.6%, Eastern Orthodox 12.6%, Anglican 8.6% and Buddhism 7.2%.

In Beverly Hills 39.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 14.9%, Mandarin 9.2%, Greek 8.6%, Arabic 5.0% and Italian 2.2%.

Employment

There were 4,520 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beverly Hills. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beverly Hills, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beverly Hills was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Beverly Hills included Professionals 23.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Managers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Beverly Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, School Education 3.8%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.9% and Hospitals 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beverly Hills was $516.

In Beverly Hills, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.1%, Train 21.3%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Walked only 1.9% and Train, bus 1.5%. On the day, 26.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beverly Hills, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Beverly Hills, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beverly Hills, 50.3% were couple families with children, 31.8% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Beverly Hills 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beverly Hills, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,284 and those without children was $2,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Beverly Hills, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beverly Hills, 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beverly Hills, 69.8% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Beverly Hills, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beverly Hills, 41.8% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Beverly Hills, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Beverly Hills, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Beverly Hills, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beverly Hills, there were 69 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 49.3%) were male and 35 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Beverly Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $518.

In Beverly Hills, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $102 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1.