Bellingham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 186 people in Bellingham of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Bellingham was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Bellingham aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 18.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bellingham was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Bellingham, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bellingham was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Bellingham 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.4% were in primary school, 30.4% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bellingham were Australian 43.5%, English 36.1%, Irish 5.9%, Scottish 4.7% and German 3.9%.

In Bellingham, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.8% and Scotland 1.6%.

In Bellingham, 80.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bellingham were Anglican 34.6%, No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 15.1%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Bellingham 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 86 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bellingham. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bellingham, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bellingham was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Bellingham included Labourers 26.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Managers 14.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.3%, Professionals 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Bellingham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 11.8%, Beverage Manufacturing 10.5%, Residential Care Services 6.6%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.3% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 5.3%.

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

In Bellingham, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 9.2% and Walked only 5.3%. 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 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bellingham, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Bellingham, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bellingham, 43.6% were couple families with children, 47.3% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Bellingham 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bellingham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $841.

Employment status of couple families

In Bellingham, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bellingham, 47.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 52.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellingham, 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 Bellingham, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellingham, 53.8% were owned outright, 32.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bellingham, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bellingham, 23.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Bellingham, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bellingham, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 53 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 Bellingham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Bellingham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.