Bell Park

15.4% of Bell Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1,491 family households lived in Bell Park; 38.0% were couple families and 19.7% were one-parent families.

33.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Bell Park had 5,602 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 80.7% of occupied private dwellings in Bell Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

42.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

25.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Bell Park had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 18.4% had four or more usual residents.

12.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

8.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 44.3% of the total.

47.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

32.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

59.5% of residents used only English at home.

35.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

32.9% of Bell Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.1% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

2.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.6% of ancestry responses in Bell Park.

Australian ancestry made up 24.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 7.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

30.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

57.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.7%.

Median household income was $1,224 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 12.9% in Bell Park, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 42.2% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 32.3% in Bell Park, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..