Bell QLD 4408
314 addresses · 41 streets
Maranoa Electorate › Western Downs LGA › Bell · 167 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Bell is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 421 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $953 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 23% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wambo statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bell itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 pharmacy
1 library
Getting around. Airport: Dalby Aerodrome, 31.7 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 3.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 3.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 5.7% · Labour-force participation 56.2%
Population by age in Bell
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 61 |
| 15-19 | 21 |
| 20-24 | 15 |
| 25-34 | 34 |
| 35-44 | 47 |
| 45-54 | 57 |
| 55-64 | 68 |
| 65-74 | 61 |
| 75-84 | 38 |
| 85+ | 10 |
Dwelling types in Bell
| House | 159 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 15 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Bell
| <$650 | 47 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 57 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 38 |
| $3,000+ | 12 |
Top ancestries in Bell
| Australian | 177 |
|---|---|
| English | 167 |
| Irish | 65 |
| Scottish | 50 |
| German | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 32 |
Housing tenure in Bell
| Owned | 78 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 52 |
| Rented | 40 |
| Other | 6 |
Cars per household in Bell
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 69 |
| 2 | 52 |
| 3 | 30 |
| 4+ | 16 |
Commute to work in Bell
| Car | 118 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 28 |
Top countries of birth in Bell
| Philippines | 10 |
|---|---|
| England | 8 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Canada | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bell
| Filipino | 10 |
|---|---|
| Indonesian | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,541 bird observations recorded near Bell — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (97)
- Magpie-lark (87)
- Common Myna (84)
- Crested Pigeon (83)
- Torresian Crow (73)
- Willie Wagtail (69)
- Australian Magpie (65)
- Galah (64)
- Superb Fairy-wren (61)
- Apostlebird (60)
- Red-rumped Parrot (56)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (56)
- Grey Butcherbird (49)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bell
- Australian Wood Duck (48)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (45)
- Pale-headed Rosella (42)
- Welcome Swallow (42)
- Striped Honeyeater (41)
- Pacific Black Duck (38)
- Grey Teal (36)
- Little Corella (36)
- Pied Butcherbird (36)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (36)
- Australasian Grebe (35)
- Brown Honeyeater (35)
- Pied Currawong (35)
- Cockatiel (34)
- Common Starling (33)
- Nankeen Kestrel (33)
- White-faced Heron (32)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Bell:
- Kaimkillenbun (13.7 km)
- Bunya Mountains (14.5 km)
- Mowbullan (15.7 km)
- Moola (16.1 km)
- Jimbour East (16.5 km)
- Cooranga (16.9 km)
- Malling (21.6 km)
- Rangemore (22.4 km)
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Streets
- Andrews Road (2)
- Bell Kaimkillenbun Road (7)
- Bradleys Road (3)
- Bunya Highway (19)
- Byrnes Road (3)
- Campbell Street (4)
- Cassidy Street (43)
- Cedarvale Road (25)
- Challacombe Street (8)
- Cody Street (9)
- Cooranga North Niagara Road (6)
- Cooranga North-niagara Road (6)
- Crawshay Street (13)
- Dennis Street (43)
- Ensor Street (12)
- Farquharsons Road (1)
- Fullagars Road (5)
- Glencoe Road (9)
- Gum Tree Lane (1)
- Keys Road (1)
- Kingaroy Jandowae Road (7)
- Kleinschmidts Road (5)
- Koondai-i Road (3)
- Koondaii Road (3)
- Krienkes Road (1)
- Lambleys Road (1)
- Macalister - Bell Road (3)
- Maxwell Street (5)
- Mcphee Street (2)
- Mcphees Road (3)
- Murrays Road (3)
- Naumanns Road (2)
- Norbell Road (1)
- Pavlitichs Road (1)
- Schwerins Road (1)
- Spiess Road (1)
- Spring Flat Road (1)
- Sunnyvale Road (1)
- Sydney Street (1)
- Wallace Street (46)
- Woodlawn Road (3)
