Mount Beppo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 347 people in Mount Beppo of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Beppo was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Mount Beppo aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 14.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Beppo was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Mount Beppo, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Beppo was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Mount Beppo 25.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Beppo were Australian 28.7%, English 28.3%, German 11.7%, Scottish 9.9% and Irish 9.2%.

In Mount Beppo, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Germany 2.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 0.9% and Northern Ireland 0.9%.

In Mount Beppo, 75.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Beppo were Anglican 23.5%, No Religion 21.2%, Catholic 13.9%, Other Christian 8.1% and Uniting Church 7.8%.

In Mount Beppo 98.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Beppo. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Beppo, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Beppo was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Beppo included Managers 21.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.8%, Labourers 12.9%, Professionals 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Mount Beppo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.4%, Road Passenger Transport 3.4%, Local Government Administration 3.4%, School Education 2.7% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Beppo was $378.

In Mount Beppo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.7%, Bus 2.7%, Walked only 2.7%, Car, as passenger 2.0% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Beppo, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.8% 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 Mount Beppo, 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 24.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Beppo, 37.9% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Mount Beppo 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Beppo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Beppo, of couple families with children, 10.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.5% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Beppo, 80.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Beppo, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Mount Beppo, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Beppo, 41.0% were owned outright, 37.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Beppo, of all households, 69.9% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Mount Beppo, 44.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Mount Beppo, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Beppo, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Mount Beppo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Mount Beppo, 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.