Bellarine (Western Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 59,989 people in Bellarine (Western Victoria) of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bellarine (Western Victoria) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Bellarine (Western Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bellarine (Western Victoria) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bellarine (Western Victoria) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria) 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 17.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bellarine (Western Victoria) were English 31.2%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.8% and German 3.2%.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bellarine (Western Victoria) were No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria) 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.5%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and Croatian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 27,545 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bellarine (Western Victoria). Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bellarine (Western Victoria), 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bellarine (Western Victoria) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bellarine (Western Victoria) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Professionals 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 10.9%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Bellarine (Western Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Residential Care Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bellarine (Western Victoria) was $506.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 1.9%, Bus 1.1% and Train, car as driver 0.8%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Bellarine (Western Victoria), 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bellarine (Western Victoria), 40.0% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria) 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,054 and those without children was $1,824.

Employment status of couple families

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 22.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), 74.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellarine (Western Victoria), 88.7% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 55.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellarine (Western Victoria), 40.6% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 21.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), of all households, 71.7% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), there were 443 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 206 (or 46.5%) were male and 237 (or 53.5%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,046.

In Bellarine (Western Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.