Bella Vista

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,317 people in Bella Vista of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bella Vista was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Bella Vista aged 15 years and over, 60.6% were married and 4.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bella Vista was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Bella Vista, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bella Vista was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Bella Vista 36.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bella Vista were Australian 16.9%, English 15.9%, Chinese 9.7%, Indian 8.3% and Irish 5.1%.

In Bella Vista, 56.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 5.7%, Sri Lanka 3.7%, England 2.7%, Philippines 2.6% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.3%.

In Bella Vista, 30.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bella Vista were Catholic 31.1%, Anglican 13.4%, No Religion 11.3%, Hinduism 8.6% and Pentecostal 6.5%.

In Bella Vista 57.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 5.1%, Mandarin 3.6%, Hindi 3.6%, Tamil 3.3% and Punjabi 2.3%.

Employment

There were 4,300 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bella Vista. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bella Vista, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bella Vista was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bella Vista included Professionals 29.1%, Managers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Bella Vista, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, School Education 3.9%, Hospitals 3.8%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.0% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bella Vista was $754.

In Bella Vista, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Bus 5.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Train 3.1% and Train, car as driver 2.0%. On the day, 13.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bella Vista, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Bella Vista, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bella Vista, 67.3% were couple families with children, 24.5% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Bella Vista 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bella Vista, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,238 and those without children was $2,664.

Employment status of couple families

In Bella Vista, of couple families with children, 30.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bella Vista, 96.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bella Vista, 84.2% were separate houses, 15.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bella Vista, of occupied private dwellings 0.1% had 1 bedroom, 0.5% had 2 bedrooms and 14.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bella Vista, 32.0% were owned outright, 55.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Bella Vista, of all households, 91.2% were family households, 6.3% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Bella Vista, 6.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 38.9% 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 Bella Vista, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bella Vista, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 64.3%) were male and 5 (or 35.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Bella Vista, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Bella Vista, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,333.