Bellingen

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,721 people were counted in Bellingen: of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Of the total population 3.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen there were 681 children aged 0-14 years and 652 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, 2,519 people were Australian citizens, 313 were born overseas and 11 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, 46.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 18.2% were separated or divorced, 8.6% were widowed and 27.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, 84.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bellingen were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Bellingen on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 21.6%, Catholic 17.6%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.7%, French 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.3% and Indonesian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,049 people aged 15 years and over in Bellingen were in the labour force. Of these 44.5% worked full-time, 37.8% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 15.0% were unemployed. 934 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Associate Professionals 5.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bellingen, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 5.7%, Education 5.2%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.3%, Food Retailing 2.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, 757 families were counted: of these, 32.2% were couple families without children, 37.4% were couple families with children, 29.9% were one parent families and 0.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, 1,028 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bellingen, 89.8% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, 41.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.8% were being purchased and 28.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 45.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen, 73.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.