Bells Beach VIC 3228
Bells Beach is in Surf Coast LGA, VIC, postcode 3228, with population 151.
Usable evidence
Bells Beach is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Population growth, and Building approvals. Treat Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.
Bells Beach has usable rent context. LGA fallback rent. Compare against suburb-level records before treating this as a precise suburb signal.
Open matching rent ranking →200 latest-year approvals in Surf Coast, +0.0% YoY; population +1.1% YoY (2.4% 5yr).
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Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Rent context available
Bells Beach has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $580/wk.
LGA fallback rent. Compare against suburb-level records before treating this as a precise suburb signal.
Bells Beach is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Population growth, and Building approvals. Treat Property prices, Schools, and Hospitals as the main gap before this becomes a stronger decision page.
Use compare before shortlisting so the missing evidence is balanced against nearby suburbs.
Market rent, Crime, Population growth, Building approvals
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Schools, Hospitals, Transport
Bells Beach currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Schools, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Bells Beach is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Bells Beach feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop same · rent -$184/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop same · rent -$280/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
- Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
- Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
- Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Price history
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Full data detail
Bells Beach VIC
Bells Beach is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Surf Coast local government area (postcode 3228). With a population of 151, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $135K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.
The crime rate in the Surf Coast LGA is below average at 3,149 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Bells Beach is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Surf Coast local government area (postcode 3228). With a population of 151, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $135K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,600.
The crime rate in the Surf Coast LGA is below average at 3,149 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Bells Beach FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Bells Beach in?
Bells Beach is in the Surf Coast Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3228. Council-level context for Surf Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Bells Beach?
The median weekly rent in Bells Beach is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Bells Beach?
Rent context available: Bells Beach has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Bells Beach a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Bells Beach show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Bells Beach?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Bells Beach data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.