Bees Creek Demographics (NT) Local Stats

Bees Creek (0822) is a suburb of Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory. It is about 26 kms from NT's capital city of Darwin. Bees Creek is in the federal electorate of Lingiari.

In the 2011 census the population of Bees Creek was 812 and is comprised of approximately 48.0% females and 52.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bees Creek is 42 years of age.

67.9% of people living in the suburb of Bees Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.5% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.8% Scotland, 1.6% Philippines, 1.1% Thailand, 1.1% Germany, 0.7% Indonesia, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% Samoa, 0.6% Papua New Guinea, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.6% Italy, 0.4% South Africa.

83.0% of people living in Bees Creek speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 13.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Filipino , 0.7% French, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Other, 0.4% Indonesian, 0.4% German, 0.4% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.4% Italian.

The religious makeup of Bees Creek is 33.2% No religion, 17.3% Catholic, 15.6% Anglican, 15.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.1% Uniting Church, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Baptist, 1.1% Lutheran, 1.1% Other religious affiliation .

49.9% of people are married, 33.9% have never married and 9.3% are divorced and 5.2% are separated. There are 11 widowed people living in Bees Creek.

66.9% of the people living in Bees Creek over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.5% are working on a part time basis. Bees Creek has an unemployment rate of 3.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Bees Creek are 22.9% Technicians & trades workers, 18.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.9% Managers, 12.0% Professionals, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Labourers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.3% Sales workers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bees Creek work in are 17.3% Construction, 12.2% Public administration and safety, 10.5% Retail trade, 8.5% Other services, 7.5% Manufacturing, 7.1% Health care and social assistance, 6.8% Education and training, 6.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.4% Transport, postal and warehousing.

29.8% of homes are fully owned, and 43.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $745 per week and the median household income is $1636 per week.

The median rent in Bees Creek is $380 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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