Belli Park, Queensland

Belli Park is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Belli Park had a population of 679 people.[1]

Belli Park
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Belli Park (2013)
Belli Park
Coordinates26.5169°S 152.8169°E / -26.5169; 152.8169 (Belli Park (centre of locality))
Population679 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density8.362/km2 (21.658/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4562
Area81.2 km2 (31.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location136 km (85 mi) from Brisbane
LGA(s)Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)Nicklin
Federal Division(s)Fairfax
Suburbs around Belli Park:
Cooloola Shire Ridgewood Eerwah Vale
Cooloola Shire Belli Park Eerwah Vale
Cooloola Shire Gheerulla Cooloolabin

Geography

Kenilworth Road is the main road (and also a popular tourist drive) that connects Belli Park to its nearest townships, being Eumundi (to the east) and Kenilworth (to the west).

Belli Park has a community hall[3] and a Rural Fire Brigade. The Belli Creek and the Belli Park area is a part of the Mary River catchment.

History

The locality takes its name from Belli Creek, which derives its name from the Kabi language word belai or billah referring to the she oak tree (Casuarina glauca)[2]

Belli Park Provisional School opened on 20 anuary 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Belli Park State School. It closed on 31 December 1963.[4]

In the 2016 census Belli Park had a population of 679 people.[1]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Belli Park recorded a population of 584 people, 50.9% female and 49.1% male.

The median age of the Belli Park population was 44 years, 7 years above the national median of 37.

74.6% of people living in Belli Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 2.6%, Scotland 1%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9%.

90.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1% German, 0.9% Gilbertese, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Dutch.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Belli Park (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Belli Park – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48524)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Belli Community Hall". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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