Beswick

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 512 people in Beswick of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 97.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Beswick was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Beswick aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Beswick was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Beswick, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Beswick was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Beswick 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.3% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Beswick were Australian Aboriginal 92.5%, Australian 2.9%, New Zealander 0.8%, Torres Strait Islander 0.6% and German 0.6%.

In Beswick, 99.4% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Beswick, 98.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Beswick were No Religion 18.0%, Other Protestant 16.2%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 8.8%, Christian, nfd 5.1% and Baptist 2.3%.

In Beswick 7.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 84.9%, Jingulu 1.6%, Mayali 1.4%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.4% and Ritharrngu 1.0%.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beswick. Of these 32.5% were employed full time, 48.3% were employed part-time and 19.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Beswick, 18.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 25.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 27.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Beswick was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Beswick were Labourers 35.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 29.2%, Professionals 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.2%, Sales Workers 4.2%, Managers 3.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Beswick, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 44.8%, Other Health Care Services 14.6%, Hospitals 7.3%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 7.3% and School Education 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beswick was $201.

In Beswick, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 76.0%, Car, as driver 14.6% and Bicycle 5.2%. 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 19.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Beswick, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 56.4% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.0% 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 Beswick, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 0.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Beswick, 61.8% were couple families with children, 16.4% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Beswick 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Beswick, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Beswick, of couple families with children, 7.1% had both partners employed full-time, 9.4% had both employed part-time and 5.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Beswick, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beswick, 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 Beswick, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.6% had 2 bedrooms and 69.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 5.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Beswick, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Beswick, of all households, 94.4% were family households, 5.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Beswick, 28.6% 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 Beswick, 18.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 0.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Beswick, there were 496 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 257 (or 51.8%) were male and 239 (or 48.2%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Beswick, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.3, with 2.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $944.

In Beswick, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.