Beatrice

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 248 people in Beatrice of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Beatrice was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Beatrice aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beatrice was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 42 years.

In Beatrice, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beatrice was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Beatrice 22.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 12.3% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beatrice were English 29.1%, Australian 25.3%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.9% and German 6.6%.

In Beatrice, 73.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Finland 2.0%, Italy 1.6%, Japan 1.6% and New Zealand 1.6%.

In Beatrice, 63.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beatrice were No Religion 26.2%, Anglican 23.4%, Catholic 22.6%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Lutheran 4.8%.

In Beatrice 81.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 3.2%, Japanese 2.0%, Dutch 1.6%, Swedish 1.6% and Italian 1.6%.

Employment

There were 119 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beatrice. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beatrice, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beatrice was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Beatrice included Managers 32.7%, Labourers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Professionals 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Beatrice, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 12.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.7%, Building Completion Services 3.5%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.7% and Other Crop Growing 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beatrice was $448.

In Beatrice, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.5%, Walked only 9.2%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 2.8% and Motorbike/scooter 2.8%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beatrice, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.6% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.6% 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 Beatrice, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beatrice, 26.4% were couple families with children, 58.3% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Beatrice 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beatrice, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,892.

Employment status of couple families

In Beatrice, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beatrice, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beatrice, 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 Beatrice, of occupied private dwellings 11.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 36.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beatrice, 57.9% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Beatrice, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Beatrice, 42.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Beatrice, 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beatrice, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Beatrice, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Beatrice, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $433.