Belgrave South Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Belgrave South (3160) is a suburb of Melbourne, East, Victoria. It is about 37 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Belgrave South is in the federal electorate of La Trobe.

In the 2011 census the population of Belgrave South was 1,662 and is comprised of approximately 49.0% females and 51.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Belgrave South is 42 years of age.

80.4% of people living in the suburb of Belgrave South were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.4% England, 2.0% Netherlands, 1.7% New Zealand, 1.0% Germany, 0.9% Italy, 0.8% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% Morocco, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.4% Serbia, 0.3% Romania, 0.3% Austria, 0.3% Czech Republic, 0.2% South Africa.

91.8% of people living in Belgrave South speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.8% German, 0.8% Dutch, 0.7% Italian, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Greek, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Belgrave South is 35.6% No religion, 17.7% Catholic, 14.0% Anglican, 8.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Christian, nfd, 4.5% Uniting Church, 3.5% Baptist, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.6% Eastern Orthodox.

55.6% of people are married, 31.9% have never married and 7.6% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 41 widowed people living in Belgrave South.

55.8% of the people living in Belgrave South over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.2% are working on a part time basis. Belgrave South has an unemployment rate of 4.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Belgrave South are 18.9% Technicians & trades workers, 18.1% Professionals, 17.0% Managers, 15.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Sales workers, 5.9% Labourers, 4.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Belgrave South work in are 13.4% Construction, 12.3% Manufacturing, 10.6% Retail trade, 9.2% Health care and social assistance, 8.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.6% Education and training, 5.5% Wholesale trade, 5.0% Other services, 4.9% Accommodation and food services.

41.0% of homes are fully owned, and 48.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $612 per week and the median household income is $1541 per week.

The median rent in Belgrave South is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1623 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Belgrave South postcode 3160