Bellevue Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,549 people in Bellevue Heights of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bellevue Heights was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.0% of the population.

Of people in Bellevue Heights aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bellevue Heights was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Bellevue Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bellevue Heights was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Bellevue Heights 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 17.8% in secondary school and 34.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bellevue Heights were English 29.9%, Australian 24.6%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.6% and German 6.5%.

In Bellevue Heights, 68.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 1.4% and Malaysia 1.1%.

In Bellevue Heights, 52.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bellevue Heights were No Religion 27.9%, Catholic 17.9%, Anglican 14.2%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Baptist 4.6%.

In Bellevue Heights 82.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.8%, Greek 1.4%, Arabic 1.3%, Italian 0.9% and Polish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 1,217 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bellevue Heights. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bellevue Heights, 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bellevue Heights was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Bellevue Heights included Professionals 33.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Managers 13.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Bellevue Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.3%, School Education 6.7%, Hospitals 5.2%, Residential Care Services 3.7% and State Government Administration 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bellevue Heights was $576.

In Bellevue Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bus 3.8%, Train 2.4% and Walked only 2.4%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bellevue Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Bellevue Heights, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bellevue Heights, 37.8% were couple families with children, 52.5% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Bellevue Heights 19.7% of single parents were male and 80.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bellevue Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,641 and those without children was $2,148.

Employment status of couple families

In Bellevue Heights, of couple families with children, 16.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bellevue Heights, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellevue Heights, 89.0% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bellevue Heights, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bellevue Heights, 46.5% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Bellevue Heights, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Bellevue Heights, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.8% 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 Bellevue Heights, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bellevue Heights, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Bellevue Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Bellevue Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.