Bellenden Ker

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 475 people in Bellenden Ker of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Bellenden Ker was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Bellenden Ker aged 15 years and over, 53.5% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bellenden Ker was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Bellenden Ker, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bellenden Ker was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Bellenden Ker 35.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.5% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bellenden Ker were English 24.0%, Australian 23.8%, Italian 13.6%, Irish 7.3% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Bellenden Ker, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 1.3%, Papua New Guinea 1.3%, England 0.8%, United States of America 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Bellenden Ker, 67.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bellenden Ker were Catholic 35.6%, No Religion 17.5%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Bellenden Ker 83.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.4%, German 0.6%, Albanian 0.6%, Cantonese 0.6% and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.6%.

Employment

There were 216 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bellenden Ker. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bellenden Ker, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bellenden Ker was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Bellenden Ker included Managers 23.5%, Professionals 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Bellenden Ker, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 13.0%, School Education 8.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Hospitals 4.0% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bellenden Ker was $410.

In Bellenden Ker, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.3%, Truck 7.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 1.5% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bellenden Ker, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Bellenden Ker, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bellenden Ker, 46.3% were couple families with children, 40.7% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Bellenden Ker 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bellenden Ker, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,428 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Bellenden Ker, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bellenden Ker, 71.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellenden Ker, 98.2% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bellenden Ker, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellenden Ker, 48.5% were owned outright, 21.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Bellenden Ker, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bellenden Ker, 31.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Bellenden Ker, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bellenden Ker, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 28.0%) were male and 18 (or 72.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Bellenden Ker, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Bellenden Ker, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,408.