Bearii

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 136 people in Bearii of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bearii was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 40.6% of the population.

Of people in Bearii aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 21.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bearii was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Bearii, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bearii was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Bearii 10.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 0.0% were in primary school, 50.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bearii were English 33.3%, Australian 32.8%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 6.3% and German 3.4%.

In Bearii, 78.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 7.5%, England 4.5%, Czech Republic 3.0% and Germany 3.0%.

In Bearii, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bearii were No Religion 26.1%, Anglican 21.6%, Catholic 17.9%, Eastern Orthodox 7.5% and Uniting Church 7.5%.

In Bearii 87.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Serbian 3.6%, Italian 2.2%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 2.2% and Czech 2.2%.

Employment

There were 52 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bearii. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 21.2% were employed part-time and 15.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bearii, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bearii was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 62 years.

The most common occupations in Bearii included Labourers 25.5%, Managers 19.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.9%, Sales Workers 14.9%, Professionals 6.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Bearii, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.2%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.2% and Dairy Product Manufacturing 6.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bearii was $348.

In Bearii, on the day of the Census, the only response for methods of travel to work for employed people was Car, as driver 71.1%. 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 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bearii, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.2% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.4% 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 Bearii, 15.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bearii, 15.8% were couple families with children, 68.4% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Bearii 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bearii, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Bearii, of couple families with children, 29.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bearii, 60.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bearii, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bearii, of occupied private dwellings 9.7% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bearii, 50.7% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Bearii, of all households, 52.9% were family households, 38.6% were single person households and 8.6% were group households.

In Bearii, 55.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Bearii, 37.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bearii, 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 53 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 Bearii, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Bearii, 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.