Bells Bridge

16.4% of Bells Bridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

67 family households lived in Bells Bridge; 37.3% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Bells Bridge had 226 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 107.6% of occupied private dwellings in Bells Bridge.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

52.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Bells Bridge had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 4.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 39.4%, while 28.2% had four or more usual residents.

4.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

73.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 13.0% of the total.

92.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.1% reported a different address.

11.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

83.6% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.9% of Bells Bridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.1% of ancestry responses in Bells Bridge.

Australian ancestry made up 35.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.2%.

Median household income was $1,485 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,619.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

Working from home was 4.5% in Bells Bridge, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 52.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Bells Bridge, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.