Bellbird Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bellbird (2325) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 112 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bellbird is in the federal electorate of Hunter.

In the 2011 census the population of Bellbird was 2,066 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bellbird is 35 years of age.

85.8% of people living in the suburb of Bellbird were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.5% England, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.6% India, 0.6% Philippines, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% Nigeria.

91.2% of people living in Bellbird speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.2% Other, 0.2% Urdu, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% German, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Maltese.

The religious makeup of Bellbird is 36.0% Anglican, 17.6% Catholic, 17.3% No religion, 10.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.8% Uniting Church, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Baptist, 0.6% Pentecostal, 0.4% Other Protestant.

47.1% of people are married, 35.9% have never married and 8.7% are divorced and 4.1% are separated. There are 69 widowed people living in Bellbird.

58.7% of the people living in Bellbird over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.8% are working on a part time basis. Bellbird has an unemployment rate of 5.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Bellbird are 20.6% Technicians & trades workers, 16.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 13.8% Labourers, 12.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 10.4% Sales workers, 9.4% Professionals, 5.9% Managers, 0.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bellbird work in are 13.2% Mining, 12.8% Retail trade, 11.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Accommodation and food services, 10.8% Manufacturing, 6.4% Other services, 5.0% Construction, 4.2% Education and training, 3.8% Transport, postal and warehousing.

34.4% of homes are fully owned, and 39.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $481 per week and the median household income is $1192 per week.

The median rent in Bellbird is $260 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1551 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bellbird postcode 2325