Bellbrook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 356 people in Bellbrook of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 26.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bellbrook was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Bellbrook aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bellbrook was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Bellbrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bellbrook was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Bellbrook 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.8% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 5.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bellbrook were Australian 29.8%, English 25.3%, Australian Aboriginal 15.9%, Irish 10.0% and Scottish 7.4%.

In Bellbrook, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Fiji 0.8%, Hungary 0.8%, Netherlands 0.8% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Bellbrook, 82.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bellbrook were Anglican 25.0%, Seventh-day Adventist 21.9%, Catholic 19.4%, No Religion 12.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Bellbrook 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Fijian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 108 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bellbrook. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 13.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bellbrook, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bellbrook was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bellbrook were Managers 45.2%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Labourers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Bellbrook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 38.5%, Employment Services 6.6%, School Education 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bellbrook was $337.

In Bellbrook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.3%, Car, as passenger 8.6%, Walked only 8.6%, Other 4.3% and Bus 3.2%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 39.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bellbrook, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.2% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Bellbrook, 20.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bellbrook, 30.2% were couple families with children, 52.3% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Bellbrook 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bellbrook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $979 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Bellbrook, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.7% had both employed part-time and 5.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bellbrook, 66.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellbrook, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Bellbrook, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellbrook, 45.5% were owned outright, 19.4% were owned with a mortgage and 30.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bellbrook, of all households, 66.4% were family households, 33.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bellbrook, 49.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Bellbrook, 45.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bellbrook, there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 43.5%) were male and 52 (or 56.5%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Bellbrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $433.

In Bellbrook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $360.