1,067 ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1,003
- 2016: 1,046
- 2021: 1,067
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Lower Beechmont · Suburb / Locality
Demographics & Identity in Lower Beechmont
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Older adults make up the largest age group in Lower Beechmont, where the typical resident is 42. This is noticeably older than the national figure of 38, though the area's population of 1,067 is larger than about 75% of similar areas.
1,067
▲ +6.4%
- 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 Lower Beechmont — higher than 73% of areas.
| Lower Beechmont | 1,067 |
|---|---|
| 4211, QLD | 62,508 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The typical person living here is 42, which is noticeably older than the average person in Queensland or Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
42 yrs ▲ +7.7%
Younger than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39 yrs
- 2016: 42 yrs
- 2021: 42 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 18.5% of the population, a figure higher than most areas and about the same as the national average. People aged 65 and over account for 16.2%, which is a little below the Australian figure.
16.2% ▲ +62.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
18.5% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →Lower Beechmont splits fairly evenly between Older adults (45–64) (30%) and Young adults (25–44) (28%), with Children (0–14) at 18%.
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
De facto relationships are much more common here than in most areas, at 16.7%, which is well above the national figure of 11.5%. About 2.9% of residents are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, which is higher than most similar areas.
2.9% ▲ +190.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
16.7% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →In Lower Beechmont, the largest group is Married at 44%, followed by Never married (34%) and Divorced (15%).
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 Lower Beechmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31689/lower-beechmont/topic/demographics-identity