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2016 Beswick, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Male	246	46.4	118,570	51.8	11,546,638	49.3
Female	284	53.6	110,266	48.2	11,855,248	50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	515	95.7	58,248	25.5	649,171	2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 531 people in Beswick. Of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 95.7% of the population.

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Age	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Median age	24	--	32	--	38	--
0-4 years	58	11.3	17,630	7.7	1,464,779	6.3
5-9 years	59	11.5	16,822	7.4	1,502,646	6.4
10-14 years	47	9.1	15,029	6.6	1,397,183	6.0
15-19 years	45	8.7	14,077	6.2	1,421,595	6.1
20-24 years	60	11.7	16,644	7.3	1,566,793	6.7
25-29 years	48	9.3	21,707	9.5	1,664,602	7.1
30-34 years	43	8.3	21,329	9.3	1,703,847	7.3
35-39 years	26	5.0	18,012	7.9	1,561,679	6.7
40-44 years	30	5.8	16,615	7.3	1,583,257	6.8
45-49 years	36	7.0	16,456	7.2	1,581,455	6.8
50-54 years	21	4.1	14,854	6.5	1,523,551	6.5
55-59 years	18	3.5	12,886	5.6	1,454,332	6.2
60-64 years	11	2.1	10,407	4.5	1,299,397	5.6
65-69 years	10	1.9	7,364	3.2	1,188,999	5.1
70-74 years	3	0.6	4,300	1.9	887,716	3.8
75-79 years	0	0.0	2,516	1.1	652,657	2.8
80-84 years	0	0.0	1,258	0.5	460,549	2.0
85 years and over	0	0.0	938	0.4	486,842	2.1

The median age of people in Beswick was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.5% of the population.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Married	237	63.4	78,333	43.7	9,148,218	48.1
Separated	33	8.8	6,046	3.4	608,059	3.2
Divorced	13	3.5	13,442	7.5	1,626,890	8.5
Widowed	15	4.0	5,622	3.1	985,204	5.2
Never married	76	20.3	75,917	42.3	6,668,910	35.0

Of people in Beswick aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status People aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Registered marriage	186	54.5	58,583	41.4	8,001,141	47.7
De facto marriage	12	3.5	22,537	15.9	1,751,731	10.4
Not married	143	41.9	60,345	42.7	7,024,973	41.9

In Beswick, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Preschool	19	13.2	3,707	4.6	347,621	4.8
Primary - Government	68	47.2	15,160	18.6	1,314,787	18.2
Primary - Catholic	0	0.0	2,632	3.2	380,604	5.3
Primary - other non Government	0	0.0	2,570	3.2	231,490	3.2
Secondary - Government	36	25.0	8,233	10.1	827,505	11.5
Secondary - Catholic	0	0.0	2,070	2.5	338,384	4.7
Secondary - other non Government	0	0.0	2,911	3.6	280,618	3.9
Technical or further education institution	0	0.0	3,045	3.7	424,869	5.9
University or tertiary institution	0	0.0	8,054	9.9	1,160,626	16.1
Other	0	0.0	1,655	2.0	198,383	2.8
Not stated	21	14.6	31,342	38.5	1,707,023	23.7

In Beswick 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.2% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above	7	1.9	30,711	17.1	4,181,406	22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	3	0.8	12,854	7.2	1,687,893	8.9
Certificate level IV	0	0.0	6,391	3.6	551,767	2.9
Certificate level III	25	6.7	23,200	12.9	2,442,203	12.8
Year 12	26	6.9	22,743	12.7	2,994,097	15.7
Year 11	32	8.5	10,854	6.1	941,531	4.9
Year 10	84	22.4	17,509	9.8	2,054,331	10.8
Certificate level II	3	0.8	226	0.1	13,454	0.1
Certificate level I	3	0.8	128	0.1	2,176	0.0
Year 9 or below	135	36.0	15,473	8.6	1,529,897	8.0
No educational attainment	4	1.1	1,870	1.0	145,844	0.8
Not stated	44	11.7	33,298	18.6	1,974,794	10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Beswick, 6.9% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 6.1% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 0.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Australian Aboriginal	508	93.2	37,562	12.8	144,173	0.5
Australian	12	2.2	65,433	22.4	7,298,243	23.3
English	9	1.7	54,967	18.8	7,852,224	25.0
Torres Strait Islander	3	0.6	365	0.1	15,243	0.0
Scottish	3	0.6	14,971	5.1	2,023,470	6.4

The most common ancestries in Beswick were Australian Aboriginal 93.2%, Australian 2.2%, English 1.7%, Torres Strait Islander 0.6% and Scottish 0.6%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Beswick (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Australia	520	98.5	157,531	68.8	15,614,835	66.7

In Beswick, 98.5% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Both parents born overseas	0	0.0	54,687	23.9	8,051,196	34.4
Father only born overseas	3	0.6	10,761	4.7	1,488,092	6.4
Mother only born overseas	0	0.0	9,473	4.1	1,094,591	4.7
Both parents born in Australia	520	98.1	124,021	54.2	11,070,538	47.3

In Beswick, 98.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

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In Beswick, the only stated response for country of birth of male parents was Australia 99.4%.

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In Beswick, the only stated response for country of birth of female parents was Australia 98.7%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Not stated	204	38.0	36,642	16.0	2,238,735	9.6
Other Protestant	181	33.7	2,565	1.1	108,307	0.5
No Religion, so described	57	10.6	67,176	29.4	6,933,708	29.6
Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions	48	8.9	3,108	1.4	8,078	0.0
Pentecostal	25	4.7	2,801	1.2	260,558	1.1

The most common responses for religion in Beswick were Not stated 38.0%, Other Protestant 33.7%, No Religion, so described 10.6%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 8.9% and Pentecostal 4.7%. In Beswick, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (68.6%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English)	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Kriol	449	86.3	4,390	1.9	7,155	0.0
Rembarrnga	9	1.7	37	0.0	43	0.0
Gurindji	7	1.3	390	0.2	405	0.0
Meriam Mir	6	1.2	21	0.0	217	0.0
Ritharrngu	5	1.0	22	0.0	22	0.0
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English only spoken at home	25	4.8	132,634	58.0	17,020,417	72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken	71	80.7	19,395	24.4	1,971,011	22.2

In Beswick 4.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 86.3%, Rembarrnga 1.7%, Gurindji 1.3%, Meriam Mir 1.2% and Ritharrngu 1.0%.

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Employment

Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Worked full-time	49	45.4	74,100	67.1	6,623,065	57.7
Worked part-time	34	31.5	21,493	19.5	3,491,503	30.4
Away from work	0	0.0	7,112	6.4	569,276	5.0
Unemployed	25	23.1	7,685	7.0	787,452	6.9

There were 108 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Beswick. Of these 45.4% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 23.1% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked Employed people aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
1-15 hours per week	6	7.1	6,735	6.6	1,218,823	11.4
16-24 hours per week	13	15.3	6,327	6.2	1,079,236	10.1
25-34 hours per week	20	23.5	8,431	8.2	1,193,445	11.2
35-39 hours per week	20	23.5	22,238	21.7	2,031,263	19.0
40 hours or more per week	26	30.6	51,864	50.5	4,591,801	43.0

Of employed people in Beswick, 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation Employed people aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers	25	32.9	14,178	13.8	1,157,003	10.8
Professionals	15	19.7	20,654	20.1	2,370,966	22.2
Labourers	13	17.1	9,642	9.4	1,011,520	9.5
Clerical and Administrative Workers	8	10.5	14,102	13.7	1,449,681	13.6
Managers	6	7.9	12,515	12.2	1,390,047	13.0
Technicians and Trades Workers	6	7.9	16,189	15.8	1,447,414	13.5
Sales Workers	3	3.9	7,021	6.8	1,000,955	9.4

The only other responses for occupation in Beswick were Community and Personal Service Workers 32.9%, Professionals 19.7%, Labourers 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Managers 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.9% and Sales Workers 3.9%.

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Local Government Administration	26	34.2	1,910	1.9	142,724	1.3
Primary Education	9	11.8	2,886	2.8	231,198	2.2
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals)	7	9.2	3,359	3.3	411,808	3.9
Labour Supply Services	6	7.9	403	0.4	37,839	0.4
Combined Primary and Secondary Education	5	6.6	1,516	1.5	122,286	1.1

Of the employed people in Beswick, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 34.2%, Primary Education 11.8%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 9.2%, Labour Supply Services 7.9% and Combined Primary and Secondary Education 6.6%.

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Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Personal	237	--	871	--	662	--
Family	509	--	2,105	--	1,734	--
Household	1,070	--	1,983	--	1,438	--

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Beswick was $237.

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Travel to work, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Walked only	66	77.6	8,683	8.5	370,427	3.5
Car, as driver	10	11.8	61,874	60.3	6,574,571	61.5
Car, as passenger	9	10.6	6,947	6.8	489,922	4.6
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People who travelled to work by public transport	0	0.0	6,555	6.4	1,225,668	11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger	20	23.5	70,991	69.1	7,305,271	68.4

In Beswick, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 77.6%, Car, as driver 11.8% and Car, as passenger 10.6%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 23.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	297	81.1	115,473	64.4	13,143,914	69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	205	57.1	52,717	29.4	5,259,400	27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	18	5.0	16,056	9.0	2,145,203	11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	11	3.0	30,716	17.1	3,620,726	19.0

In Beswick, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 57.1% provided care for children and 5.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 3.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours People aged 15 years and over	Beswick	% Beswick	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Less than 5 hours per week	157	41.9	40,921	22.8	4,298,593	22.6
5 to 14 hours per week	115	30.7	46,081	25.7	4,944,578	26.0
15 to 29 hours per week	18	4.8	17,083	9.5	2,189,776	11.5
30 hours or more per week	16	4.3	11,386	6.3	1,710,970	9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Beswick, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.3% worked 30 hours or more.

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