Australian Demographic Profile
Bells Beach, VIC 3228
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~109
Median age
37
Median income
Low-mid
$400-$499/wk
Top profile
Retired
28%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired28%
- High-earning professionals25%
- Established partnered households22%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~109
- Sex split
- F 47% / M 53%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 39%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)32%
- Young adults (15-24)14%
- Early career (25-39)6.4%
- Mid career (40-59)37%
- Senior (60+)11%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Bells Beach: Low-mid ($400-$499/wk).
- No / not stated62%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)21%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)0%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)4.4%
- Very high ($3k+)13%
Top occupations
- Professionals44%
- Managers33%
- Sales Workers7.0%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to VIC and Australia
| Bells Beach | VIC avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 39% | 21% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →