Bells Bridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 196 people in Bells Bridge of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bells Bridge was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Bells Bridge aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bells Bridge was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Bells Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% 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 Bridge was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 64 years.

In Bells Bridge 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 40.4% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bells Bridge were English 33.5%, Australian 29.4%, Scottish 11.4%, Irish 7.4% and German 5.5%.

In Bells Bridge, 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.7%, Northern Ireland 2.1% and Russian Federation 2.1%.

In Bells Bridge, 78.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bells Bridge were No Religion 23.1%, Anglican 16.9%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 12.3% and Lutheran 6.2%.

In Bells Bridge 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Russian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 96 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bells Bridge. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bells Bridge, 21.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bells Bridge was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Bells Bridge included Managers 18.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Labourers 12.0%, Professionals 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Bells Bridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 8.6%, School Education 7.5%, Road Freight Transport 5.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.3% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bells Bridge was $387.

In Bells Bridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.3%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 3.3%, Motorbike/scooter 3.3% and Other 3.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bells Bridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Bells Bridge, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bells Bridge, 34.8% were couple families with children, 47.0% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Bells Bridge 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bells Bridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Bells Bridge, of couple families with children, 8.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bells Bridge, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bells Bridge, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bells Bridge, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bells Bridge, 42.1% were owned outright, 40.8% were owned with a mortgage and 13.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bells Bridge, of all households, 81.8% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Bells Bridge, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Bridge, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bells Bridge, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 48 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 Bridge, 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 Bridge, 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.