Beverley incorporates the formerly separate suburb of York, site of the skin and fertiliser works of Crompton and Sons. Other once important manufacturing businesses of the area were Pope Products Ltd. on Princess Street, Adelaide Potteries Ltd. on Toogood Avenue and a number of independent brickworks.

Beverley Post Office was open from 1 January 1881 until 1901.

The 2006 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 1,362 persons in Beverley on census night. Of these, 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female.

The majority of residents (67.1%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being England (2.5%), Greece (2.3%) and Italy (2.1%).

The age distribution of Beverley residents is similar to that of the greater Australian population. 68.3% of residents were over 25 years in 2006, compared to the Australian average of 66.5%; and 31.7% were younger than 25 years, compared to the Australian average of 33.5%.

Beverley is part of Beverley Ward in the City of Charles Sturt local government area, being represented in that council by Edgar Agius and Mick Harley.

Beverley lies in the state electoral district of Croydon and the federal electoral division of Port Adelaide. The suburb is represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by Michael Atkinson and federally by Mark Butler.

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