394 ▲ +76.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 223
- 2016: 370
- 2021: 394
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Beeac · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Beeac
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
A typical resident in Beeac is 51, making the area far older than the national average. With 394 people living here, it is an older community where a quarter of the population are seniors.
394
▲ +76.7%
- 1–1: 689 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 119 areas
- 3–5: 108 areas
- 5–7: 243 areas
- 7–11: 241 areas
- 11–16: 514 areas
- 16–24: 579 areas
- 24–36: 898 areas
- 36–53: 1059 areas
- 53–79: 1168 areas
- 79–117: 1203 areas
- 117–174: 1171 areas
- 174–258: 1010 areas
- 258–384: 856 areas
- 384–571: 670 areas
- 571–850: 616 areas
- 850–1,263: 567 areas
- 1,263–1,879: 520 areas
- 1,879–2,794: 590 areas
- 2,794–4,154: 679 areas
- 4,154–6,177: 585 areas
- 6,177–9,186: 528 areas
- 9,186–13,659: 405 areas
- 13,659–20,311: 195 areas
- 20,311–30,202: 96 areas
- 30,202–44,910: 33 areas
- 44,910–66,781: 10 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Beeac — higher than 62% of areas.
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical age here is 51, which is far older than the Victorian and national figures of 38.
51 yrs ▲ +13.3%
Older than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45 yrs
- 2016: 47 yrs
- 2021: 51 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Seniors aged 65 and over make up 25.4% of the population, well above the national figure. This helps explain why children under 15 are well below the state average at 14.5%.
25.4% ▲ +49.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
14.5% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Beeac splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (31%) and Seniors (65+) (26%), with Young adults (25–44) at 22%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
About 2% of residents are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is a little above the Victorian average. Most people are married (47.7%) or have never married (32.4%).
2.0% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
11.8% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Beeac, the largest group is Married at 47%, followed by Never married (32%) and Divorced (10%).
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Beeac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20184/beeac/topic/demographics-identity