Bells Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 163 people in Bells Beach of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bells Beach was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Bells Beach aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bells Beach was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bells Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bells Beach was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Bells Beach 36.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 21.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bells Beach were Australian 33.3%, English 23.8%, Irish 11.9%, Scottish 8.1% and American 2.9%.

In Bells Beach, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.7%, United States of America 2.5% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In Bells Beach, 68.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bells Beach were No Religion 36.0%, Catholic 26.8%, Anglican 17.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 1.8% and Uniting Church 1.8%.

In Bells Beach 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Auslan 1.8%.

Employment

There were 84 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bells Beach. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 36.9% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bells Beach, 22.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bells Beach was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 61 years.

The most common occupations in Bells Beach included Professionals 45.0%, Managers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.8%, Sales Workers 3.8% and Labourers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Bells Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.1%, Textile, Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling 7.6%, Tertiary Education 6.3%, Building Installation Services 5.1% and Motion Picture and Video Activities 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bells Beach was $866.

In Bells Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.8%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train, car as driver 3.8%, Car as driver, other 3.8% and Train, tram, car as driver 3.8%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bells Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 19.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.8% 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 Bells Beach, 35.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bells Beach, 53.2% were couple families with children, 34.0% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Bells Beach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bells Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,812 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Bells Beach, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 14.0% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bells Beach, 61.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bells Beach, 90.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.4% were other dwellings.

In Bells Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 38.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bells Beach, 60.4% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bells Beach, of all households, 84.6% were family households, 15.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bells Beach, 7.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.4% 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 Bells Beach, 11.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bells Beach, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Bells Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Bells Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.