Bells Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 317 people in Bells Creek of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Bells Creek was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Bells Creek aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bells Creek was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Bells Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bells Creek was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Bells Creek 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bells Creek were English 35.2%, Australian 27.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.7% and German 5.5%.

In Bells Creek, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 3.5%, Samoa 1.9%, Scotland 1.9% and United States of America 1.6%.

In Bells Creek, 67.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bells Creek were Catholic 30.5%, Anglican 22.2%, No Religion 15.6%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Christian, nfd 6.7%.

In Bells Creek 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Arabic 1.9% and Afrikaans 1.3%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bells Creek. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bells Creek, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bells Creek was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Bells Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Professionals 15.4%, Labourers 14.8%, Managers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Bells Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 4.6%, Horse and Dog Racing Activities 4.6%, School Education 4.0%, Residential Building Construction 2.6% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bells Creek was $540.

In Bells Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.7%, Walked only 4.7%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Truck 3.4% and Motorbike/scooter 2.7%. On the day, 2.6% 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 Bells Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% 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, 14.1% 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 Bells Creek, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bells Creek, 44.1% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 16.1% were one parent families.

In Bells Creek 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bells Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Bells Creek, of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bells Creek, 74.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bells Creek, 82.3% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Bells Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bells Creek, 19.3% were owned outright, 43.0% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Bells Creek, of all households, 80.5% were family households, 19.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bells Creek, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Bells Creek, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bells Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Bells Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Bells Creek, 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.