Beechworth

16.2% of Beechworth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,155 family households lived in Beechworth; 33.6% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Beechworth had 4,274 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.5% of occupied private dwellings in Beechworth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

46.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

32.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Beechworth had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 40.4%, while 18.5% had four or more usual residents.

18.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

54.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.1% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 35.6% of the total.

59.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.0% of Beechworth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Beechworth.

Australian ancestry made up 37.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

27.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

52.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.7%.

Median household income was $1,401 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,550.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 18.4% in Beechworth, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 46.5% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.2% in Beechworth, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..