Bellara

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,157 people in Bellara of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bellara was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 32.5% of the population.

Of people in Bellara aged 15 years and over, 44.6% were married and 21.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bellara was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Bellara, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bellara was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Bellara 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bellara were English 33.8%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 8.3% and German 4.7%.

In Bellara, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 3.9%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Bellara, 66.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bellara were Anglican 25.5%, No Religion 22.7%, Catholic 20.8%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Bellara 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3% and Serbian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,044 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bellara. Of these 48.4% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Bellara, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bellara was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Bellara included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Labourers 15.4%, Sales Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Professionals 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Managers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Bellara, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Residential Care Services 3.9% and Building Completion Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bellara was $390.

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In Bellara, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Walked only 3.4%, Bicycle 1.5% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bellara, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Bellara, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bellara, 22.8% were couple families with children, 54.5% were couple families without children and 21.5% were one parent families.

In Bellara 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bellara, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,720 and those without children was $1,671.

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Employment status of couple families

In Bellara, of couple families with children, 8.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 11.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bellara, 83.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellara, 72.1% were separate houses, 6.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.6% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

In Bellara, of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 23.6% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellara, 39.7% were owned outright, 19.4% were owned with a mortgage and 37.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bellara, of all households, 58.5% were family households, 37.3% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Bellara, 44.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Bellara, 51.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bellara, there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49 (or 53.3%) were male and 43 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Bellara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Bellara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,450.