Beacon Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Beacon Hill (2100) is a suburb of Sydney, Northern Beaches, New South Wales. It is about 14 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Beacon Hill is in the federal electorates of Mackellar, Warringah.

In the 2011 census the population of Beacon Hill was 6,900 and is comprised of approximately 51.1% females and 48.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Beacon Hill is 39 years of age.

69.1% of people living in the suburb of Beacon Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.3% England, 2.5% Italy, 2.3% New Zealand, 2.1% China , 1.3% South Africa, 1.1% Philippines, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% Ireland, 0.4% Canada, 0.4% India, 0.4% United States of America.

79.2% of people living in Beacon Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.1% Italian, 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Mandarin, 1.9% Other, 1.8% Cantonese, 0.7% French, 0.7% Spanish, 0.6% Tagalog, 0.6% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Beacon Hill is 33.4% Catholic, 21.1% Anglican, 20.1% No religion, 5.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.0% Uniting Church, 3.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.1% Buddhism, 2.1% Eastern Orthodox, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Pentecostal.

59.0% of people are married, 28.8% have never married and 5.6% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 244 widowed people living in Beacon Hill.

59.0% of the people living in Beacon Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.3% are working on a part time basis. Beacon Hill has an unemployment rate of 3.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Beacon Hill are 23.7% Professionals, 18.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.7% Managers, 12.4% Technicians & trades workers, 10.7% Sales workers, 7.9% Community & personal service workers, 6.2% Labourers, 3.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Beacon Hill work in are 11.9% Retail trade, 11.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.1% Health care and social assistance, 8.3% Construction, 7.3% Education and training, 7.1% Manufacturing, 6.8% Wholesale trade, 6.2% Financial and insurance services, 5.5% Accommodation and food services.

40.4% of homes are fully owned, and 44.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $671 per week and the median household income is $1950 per week.

The median rent in Beacon Hill is $575 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2817 per month.

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