Bell Post Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,007 people in Bell Post Hill of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Bell Post Hill was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Bell Post Hill aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bell Post Hill was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bell Post Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bell Post Hill was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Bell Post Hill 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bell Post Hill were Australian 21.7%, English 19.6%, Italian 6.9%, Croatian 6.6% and Irish 6.2%.

In Bell Post Hill, 66.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Croatia 4.0%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 3.3%, Italy 3.3%, England 2.1% and Germany 1.5%.

In Bell Post Hill, 44.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bell Post Hill were Catholic 38.0%, No Religion 17.9%, Eastern Orthodox 9.9%, Anglican 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Bell Post Hill 68.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 6.1%, Macedonian 5.0%, Italian 4.1%, Serbian 2.1% and Polish 1.5%.

Employment

There were 2,301 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bell Post Hill. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bell Post Hill, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bell Post Hill was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Bell Post Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Labourers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Professionals 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Managers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5%.

Of the employed people in Bell Post Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Hospitals 4.5%, School Education 4.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bell Post Hill was $441.

In Bell Post Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 1.4%, Train 1.3% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bell Post Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Bell Post Hill, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bell Post Hill, 38.2% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Bell Post Hill 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bell Post Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,017 and those without children was $1,689.

Employment status of couple families

In Bell Post Hill, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bell Post Hill, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bell Post Hill, 91.5% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Bell Post Hill, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 61.2% 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 Bell Post Hill, 49.4% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bell Post Hill, of all households, 74.5% were family households, 23.7% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Bell Post Hill, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Bell Post Hill, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bell Post Hill, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 38.1%) were male and 26 (or 61.9%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Bell Post Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Bell Post Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,367.