Beaufort

14.5% of Beaufort's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

453 family households lived in Beaufort; 31.6% were couple families and 18.1% were one-parent families.

27.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Beaufort had 1,712 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Beaufort.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

51.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

31.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Beaufort had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 38.9%, while 15.2% had four or more usual residents.

9.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

63.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.5% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 31.7% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.7% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Beaufort's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.4% of ancestry responses in Beaufort.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

24.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

46.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 14.8% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.3%.

Median household income was $1,031 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,160.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 9.1% in Beaufort, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 51.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 17.8% in Beaufort, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..