Beaconsfield Upper Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Beaconsfield Upper (3808) is a suburb of Melbourne, South East, Victoria. It is about 44 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Beaconsfield Upper is in the federal electorate of La Trobe.

In the 2011 census the population of Beaconsfield Upper was 2,843 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Beaconsfield Upper is 41 years of age.

81.5% of people living in the suburb of Beaconsfield Upper were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.3% England, 1.3% Scotland, 0.9% Germany, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% United States of America, 0.4% Chile, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Switzerland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Sri Lanka.

93.9% of people living in Beaconsfield Upper speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% German, 0.5% Italian, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% Other, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Japanese, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Beaconsfield Upper is 31.7% No religion, 21.0% Catholic, 19.4% Anglican, 8.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.1% Uniting Church, 4.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Baptist, 0.8% Other religious affiliation , 0.7% Buddhism.

60.7% of people are married, 27.6% have never married and 5.7% are divorced and 1.3% are separated. There are 102 widowed people living in Beaconsfield Upper.

57.8% of the people living in Beaconsfield Upper over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.7% are working on a part time basis. Beaconsfield Upper has an unemployment rate of 2.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Beaconsfield Upper are 19.3% Professionals, 18.0% Technicians & trades workers, 17.0% Managers, 16.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.2% Sales workers, 7.9% Community & personal service workers, 7.1% Labourers, 3.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Beaconsfield Upper work in are 16.3% Construction, 12.1% Manufacturing, 10.0% Retail trade, 9.6% Education and training, 8.7% Health care and social assistance, 5.6% Wholesale trade, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.1% Other services, 5.1% Accommodation and food services.

40.8% of homes are fully owned, and 53.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 4.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $700 per week and the median household income is $1867 per week.

The median rent in Beaconsfield Upper is $240 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Beaconsfield Upper postcode 3808