Bellingham TAS 7254
121 addresses · 7 streets
Bass Electorate › George Town LGA › Bellingham · 208 km from Hobart
Living Here
Bellingham is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 78 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,050 a week, with median rent near $215 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the George Town statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bellingham itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
Getting around. Airport: George Town Airport, 28.3 km 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: 55.6% 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 | 55.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 47.1%
Population by age in Bellingham
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 11 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 18 |
| 65-74 | 23 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Bellingham
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bellingham
| <$650 | 12 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Bellingham
| English | 34 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 26 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Other | 5 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Bellingham
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 12 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Bellingham
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Bellingham
| Car | 23 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Bellingham
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
414 bird observations recorded near Bellingham — most often seen:
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (28)
- Pacific Gull (28)
- Common Starling (26)
- Eurasian Blackbird (23)
- Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle (20)
- Forest Raven (18)
- White-faced Heron (18)
- Silver Gull (17)
- House Sparrow (16)
- Tasmanian Grey Fantail (15)
- Tasmanian Little Wattlebird (14)
- Australian Pelican (13)
- Grey Fantail (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bellingham
- Little Wattlebird (12)
- East Coast Pacific Gull (11)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (11)
- Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (11)
- European Goldfinch (10)
- Southern Forest Raven (10)
- Tasmanian Eastern Spinebill (10)
- Tasmanian Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (10)
- Giinbaywarraymal (9)
- Masked Lapwing (9)
- Red-capped Plover (9)
- Silvereye (9)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (9)
- Superb Fairy-wren (9)
- Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (9)
- Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (9)
- Yellow-throated Honeyeater (9)
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 Bellingham:
- Weymouth (1.6 km)
- Lulworth (7.1 km)
- Pipers Brook (7.3 km)
- Stony Head (12.2 km)
- Pipers River (14.9 km)
- Retreat (16.1 km)
- Lefroy (17.3 km)
- Lebrina (17.9 km)
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Streets
- Albert Street (14)
- Bellingham Road (3)
- Clifford Street (12)
- Gees Marsh Road (15)
- Howard Street (29)
- Lyndon Avenue (12)
- Smith Street (36)
