Belli Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 584 people in Belli Park of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Belli Park was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Belli Park aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Belli Park was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Belli Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Belli Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Belli Park 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Belli Park were English 33.4%, Australian 29.1%, Scottish 8.3%, German 6.4% and Irish 6.2%.

In Belli Park, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 2.6%, Scotland 1.0%, Germany 0.9% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Belli Park, 59.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Belli Park were No Religion 30.8%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 11.0%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In Belli Park 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.0%, Gilbertese 0.9%, Dutch 0.5% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 272 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Belli Park. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Belli Park, 17.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Belli Park was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Belli Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Labourers 14.3%, Managers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Sales Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Belli Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.4%, Residential Building Construction 4.8%, Building Completion Services 4.4%, School Education 4.4% and Medical Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Belli Park was $415.

In Belli Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 2.8%, Train 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. 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 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Belli Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 Belli Park, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Belli Park, 39.7% were couple families with children, 47.7% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Belli Park 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Belli Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,781 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Belli Park, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Belli Park, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Belli Park, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Belli Park, of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Belli Park, 42.1% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 20.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Belli Park, of all households, 74.9% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Belli Park, 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Belli Park, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Belli Park, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Belli Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $266.

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