Beeliar Demographics (WA) Local Stats

Beeliar (6164) is a suburb of Perth, Southern Suburbs, Western Australia. It is about 20 kms from WA's capital city of Perth. Beeliar is in the federal electorate of Fremantle.

In the 2011 census the population of Beeliar was 5,869 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Beeliar is 31 years of age.

65.9% of people living in the suburb of Beeliar were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.2% England, 3.4% New Zealand, 2.3% South Africa, 1.6% Portugal, 1.3% Croatia, 1.1% Scotland, 1.1% Philippines, 1.0% Italy, 0.7% Singapore, 0.6% China , 0.6% Malaysia, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.5% El Salvador, 0.4% Ireland.

77.5% of people living in Beeliar speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.8% Italian, 2.8% Other, 2.5% Portuguese, 1.9% Croatian, 1.6% Spanish, 1.1% Serbian, 0.9% Mandarin, 0.6% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Beeliar is 37.2% Catholic, 23.8% No religion, 14.9% Anglican, 6.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Uniting Church, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.8% Baptist, 1.8% Eastern Orthodox, 1.6% Presbyterian and Reformed.

54.0% of people are married, 34.0% have never married and 7.2% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 83 widowed people living in Beeliar.

62.6% of the people living in Beeliar over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.5% are working on a part time basis. Beeliar has an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Beeliar are 19.7% Technicians & trades workers, 16.6% Professionals, 15.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.1% Managers, 9.9% Labourers, 8.9% Sales workers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 8.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Beeliar work in are 12.4% Construction, 11.5% Manufacturing, 10.8% Retail trade, 10.5% Health care and social assistance, 6.6% Education and training, 5.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.4% Public administration and safety, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Accommodation and food services.

16.9% of homes are fully owned, and 59.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $774 per week and the median household income is $1863 per week.

The median rent in Beeliar is $380 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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