Bells Bridge QLD 4570
98 addresses · 17 streets
Wide Bay Electorate › Gympie LGA › Bells Bridge · 157 km from Brisbane
Living Here
Bells Bridge is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 226 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,485 a week, with median rent near $265 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Gympie Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bells Bridge itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 hospital
Getting around. Airport: Gympie Airport, 24 km south-east.
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: 63.3% 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 | 63.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 71.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 50.8%
Population by age in Bells Bridge
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 13 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 24 |
| 35-44 | 24 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 42 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Bells Bridge
| House | 71 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bells Bridge
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 9 |
Top ancestries in Bells Bridge
| English | 86 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 81 |
| German | 25 |
| Scottish | 20 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Irish | 15 |
Housing tenure in Bells Bridge
| Owned | 33 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 21 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bells Bridge
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 31 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Bells Bridge
| Car | 69 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Top countries of birth in Bells Bridge
| England | 9 |
|---|---|
| India | 6 |
Languages used at home in Bells Bridge
| Tamil | 6 |
|---|---|
| German | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,589 bird observations recorded near Bells Bridge — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (82)
- Laughing Kookaburra (78)
- Grey Fantail (73)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (71)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (70)
- White-throated Honeyeater (70)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (69)
- Noisy Friarbird (69)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (58)
- Australian Magpie (57)
- Willie Wagtail (55)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (55)
- Eastern Whipbird (53)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bells Bridge
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (50)
- Mistletoebird (47)
- Noisy Miner (47)
- Rufous Whistler (47)
- Striated Pardalote (47)
- Australasian Figbird (45)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (44)
- Pied Currawong (43)
- Spotted Pardalote (43)
- Pale-headed Rosella (42)
- Spangled Drongo (42)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (40)
- Grey Butcherbird (40)
- Australian Torresian Crow (39)
- Brown Honeyeater (38)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (38)
- White-throated Treecreeper (37)
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 Bells Bridge:
- Curra (4.4 km)
- Fishermans Pocket (6.9 km)
- Chatsworth (7.3 km)
- Corella (8 km)
- Lower Wonga (8.7 km)
- The Palms (8.9 km)
- Sexton (9.4 km)
- Widgee Crossing North (10.1 km)
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Streets
- Banksia Road (10)
- Bruce Highway (1)
- Ellis Road (1)
- Greenhalgh Road (12)
- Greenhalgh Service Road (2)
- Gympie - Curra Road (2)
- Ningana Road (4)
- Old Bruce Highway (1)
- Percival Road (2)
- Petersen Road (5)
- Purcell Road (10)
- Reid Road (1)
- Schmidt Road (1)
- Spring Valley Road (2)
- Sykes Road (6)
- Wattle Avenue (16)
- Wide Bay Highway (22)
