Lower Beechmont

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,003 people in Lower Beechmont of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Beechmont was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Lower Beechmont aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Beechmont was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Lower Beechmont, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% 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 Lower Beechmont was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lower Beechmont 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Beechmont were English 30.5%, Australian 25.4%, Scottish 8.7%, Irish 8.4% and German 5.0%.

In Lower Beechmont, 68.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.4%, England 7.6%, Germany 1.3%, Netherlands 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Lower Beechmont, 54.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Beechmont were No Religion 30.7%, Catholic 16.3%, Anglican 14.6%, Christian, nfd 5.5% and Uniting Church 5.5%.

In Lower Beechmont 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.8%, Dutch 0.6%, Slovak 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 518 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Beechmont. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Beechmont, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Beechmont was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Beechmont included Professionals 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Managers 12.4%, Labourers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Lower Beechmont, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 3.9%, School Education 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Local Government Administration 3.3% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Beechmont was $620.

In Lower Beechmont, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.8%, Car, as passenger 2.6%, Motorbike/scooter 1.0%, Other 1.0% and Train 0.6%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Beechmont, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Lower Beechmont, 32.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Beechmont, 41.6% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Lower Beechmont 26.5% of single parents were male and 73.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Beechmont, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,892 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Beechmont, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Beechmont, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Beechmont, 98.6% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lower Beechmont, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Beechmont, 22.2% were owned outright, 57.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Beechmont, of all households, 78.3% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Lower Beechmont, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Lower Beechmont, 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Beechmont, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 1 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 Lower Beechmont, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $856.

In Lower Beechmont, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.