Bellarine VIC 3223
150 addresses · 9 streets
Corangamite Electorate › Greater Geelong LGA › Bellarine · 47 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Bellarine is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 169 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $2,214 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Portarlington statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bellarine itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
1 electrician
3 places to stay
Getting around. Railway halt: Drysdale, 7.3 km south-west · Ferry wharf: Port Phillip Ferries (Portarlington-Docklands), 4 km north-east · Airport: Avalon Airport, 17.2 km north-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: 3.8% 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 | 3.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 56.9%
Population by age in Bellarine
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 25 |
| 55-64 | 33 |
| 65-74 | 31 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Bellarine
| House | 60 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bellarine
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Bellarine
| English | 75 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 55 |
| Scottish | 29 |
| Irish | 24 |
| Other | 17 |
| Dutch | 10 |
Housing tenure in Bellarine
| Owned | 41 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 14 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Bellarine
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4+ | 14 |
Commute to work in Bellarine
| Car | 31 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 20 |
Top countries of birth in Bellarine
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bellarine
| German | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
16,760 bird observations recorded near Bellarine — most often seen:
- Red Wattlebird (910)
- Little Raven (894)
- Common Starling (877)
- Australian Magpie (839)
- Magpie-lark (828)
- Welcome Swallow (695)
- Superb Fairy-wren (651)
- Common Myna (649)
- New Holland Honeyeater (621)
- Eurasian Blackbird (620)
- Chestnut Teal (617)
- Willie Wagtail (607)
- Silver Gull (536)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bellarine
- Pacific Black Duck (516)
- Masked Lapwing (515)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (513)
- Australian White Ibis (498)
- House Sparrow (496)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (483)
- Galah (477)
- Straw-necked Ibis (476)
- Little Pied Cormorant (424)
- Eastern Rosella (417)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (398)
- Australian Wood Duck (394)
- White-faced Heron (391)
- Eurasian Coot (357)
- Grey Teal (357)
- Australian Pelican (352)
- Brown Thornbill (352)
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 Bellarine:
- Portarlington (3.4 km)
- Clifton Springs (5 km)
- Drysdale (5.8 km)
- Indented Head (7.4 km)
- Curlewis (7.5 km)
- St Leonards (8.8 km)
- Mannerim (9.1 km)
- Swan Bay (9.8 km)
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Streets
- Batman Road (3)
- Church Road (31)
- Greenhills Road (10)
- Mcadams Lane (7)
- Point Richards Road (3)
- Portarlington Road (49)
- Queenscliff Road (9)
- Scotchmans Road (32)
- Spray Farm Lane (6)
