Belmont

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Demographics

Belmont has a median age of 39, which is 1 year below the national figure, but its trajectory is becoming older. University attainment is 44.3%, or 14.2 percentage points above the national comparison, and 26.4% of residents were born overseas, 4.8 points higher than the national figure. English ancestry is recorded for 1,560 people, followed by Irish at 576, Scottish at 500 and Chinese at 256. Christianity accounts for 2,518 people, while 1,459 report no religion and 105 report Hinduism. Compared with denser Tingalpa, Belmont's 2.9-person average household size, 0.4 above national, reinforces its family-household character.

Belmont's housing is dominated by detached family stock: 90.2% of dwellings are separate houses, 59.3% contain 4 or more bedrooms and 37.3% contain 3 bedrooms. Tenure is weighted toward active ownership, with 46.9% paying a mortgage and 35.3% owning outright, while only 16.4% rent. Mortgage costs equal 20.6% of household income, higher than the 18.9% rent-to-income share, which fits a mortgage-belt profile. A median house price is not currently available, so comparisons with Carindale or Tingalpa should focus on verified sales rather than broad suburb averages. Belmont's detached form supports larger households, whose average size is 2.9 compared with the national average of 2.5.

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Economy & Employment

Belmont's employment base is concentrated in healthcare at 18.3% with 314 workers, education at 14.4% with 248, professional and technical services at 11.2% with 192, construction at 9.0% with 155, and public administration at 6.3% with 108. Professionals number 662, followed by managers at 385 and clerical or administrative workers at 370, helping explain household income of $2,431 per week and a 91.3rd percentile ranking. Labour-force participation is 69.1%, full-time employment is 61.7% and unemployment is 3.8%. SEIFA places Belmont above many Australian areas, with IEO decile 8, IRS decile 10, IRSD decile 9 and IRSAD decile 9. The high economic-resource decile is consistent with strong incomes, while the slightly lower education decile indicates that resources and formal qualifications are not identical measures.

Source: ABS Census 2021

Full-time and part-time are shares of the employed. Source: ABS Census 2021

Transport to Work

Belmont is highly car-oriented: 67.6% of residents travel as car drivers, compared with 3.5% using public transport and 1.5% walking or cycling. Working from home accounts for 23.1%, which can reduce daily commuting but does not remove the value of reliable road access. School planning should be address-specific: check enrolment zones and nearby state, independent and early-learning options before signing a contract, since catchments can cross suburb boundaries. Belmont's IRSAD decile 9 and household-income percentile of 91.3 sit above broad national benchmarks, supporting access to household resources. Safety should still be assessed at street level using current incident information, as social advantage and crime exposure are not the same measure.

Population Forecast

Belmont is an established suburb with an annual growth trend of 1.34%, driven primarily by overseas migration. Population change across the wider area is 13.5% over 10 years, indicating ongoing expansion rather than a static housing market. The demographic shift is labelled Aging: the senior share has risen by 3.1 percentage points, while the young share has fallen by 1.1 points. That pattern may increase demand for accessible homes and local services even as family households remain prominent. Gentrification signals are at an early-signs stage with a score of 31, while rent growth of 16.7% shows pressure in the leasing market. Growth therefore appears gradual and migration-supported, with ageing shaping its next phase.

National Ranking iPercentile rank among ~15,000 AU suburbs. 90% = higher than 90% of suburbs

How Belmont compares to ~15,000 Australian suburbs

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