Beech Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 479 people in Beech Forest of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Beech Forest was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Beech Forest aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beech Forest was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Beech Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beech Forest was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Beech Forest 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 6.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beech Forest were English 30.3%, Australian 27.8%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.9% and Italian 2.6%.

In Beech Forest, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 1.2%, Greece 0.8% and Hungary 0.8%.

In Beech Forest, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beech Forest were No Religion 39.1%, Catholic 16.4%, Anglican 15.6%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Buddhism 3.3%.

In Beech Forest 86.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.5%, French 1.0%, Greek 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and Hungarian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 227 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beech Forest. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 44.1% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beech Forest, 14.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beech Forest was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Beech Forest included Managers 35.9%, Labourers 18.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Professionals 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Beech Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 20.8%, Accommodation 8.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6% and School Education 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beech Forest was $419.

In Beech Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 10.3%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Truck 2.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. 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 53.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beech Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% 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, 29.7% 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 Beech Forest, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beech Forest, 39.2% were couple families with children, 46.7% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Beech Forest 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beech Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,571 and those without children was $966.

Employment status of couple families

In Beech Forest, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 14.1% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beech Forest, 56.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beech Forest, 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 Beech Forest, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 55.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beech Forest, 44.3% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Beech Forest, of all households, 67.3% were family households, 31.0% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Beech Forest, 37.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Beech Forest, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beech Forest, 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 Beech Forest, 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 Beech Forest, 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.