Bellbird Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,031 people in Bellbird Park of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Bellbird Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Bellbird Park aged 15 years and over, 45.9% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bellbird Park was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bellbird Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bellbird Park was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Bellbird Park 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bellbird Park were English 27.0%, Australian 25.2%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.2% and German 4.9%.

In Bellbird Park, 68.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.5%, England 5.3%, Samoa 1.3%, Vietnam 1.2% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Bellbird Park, 52.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bellbird Park were Catholic 21.6%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Baptist 3.6%.

In Bellbird Park 80.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 2.9%, Vietnamese 1.8%, Spanish 1.2%, Lao 0.6% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,637 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bellbird Park. Of these 60.6% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bellbird Park, 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bellbird Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Bellbird Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Labourers 14.0%, Professionals 13.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.6% and Managers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Bellbird Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Hospitals 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bellbird Park was $608.

In Bellbird Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Train 3.4%, Train, car as driver 2.0% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 8.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bellbird Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Bellbird Park, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bellbird Park, 46.6% were couple families with children, 33.6% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Bellbird Park 23.3% of single parents were male and 76.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bellbird Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,151 and those without children was $1,986.

Employment status of couple families

In Bellbird Park, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bellbird Park, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellbird Park, 87.4% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bellbird Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellbird Park, 21.9% were owned outright, 42.8% were owned with a mortgage and 33.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Bellbird Park, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Bellbird Park, 19.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Bellbird Park, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bellbird Park, there were 183 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 94 (or 51.4%) were male and 89 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Bellbird Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,596.

In Bellbird Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,141.