Bellmere is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Bellmere had a population of 6,588 people. In April 2023, the

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decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named

Corymbia ''Corymbia'', commonly known as bloodwoods, is a genus of about one hundred species of tree that, along with ''Eucalyptus'', '' Angophora'' and several smaller groups, are referred to as eucalypts. Until 1990, corymbias were included in the g ...

, Greenstone, Lilywood, Wagtail Grove, and Waraba by excising parts of the existing localities of Bellmere, Rocksberg, Upper Caboolture, and

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. Prior to land redistribution, parts of Corymbia, Wagtail Grove and Waraba were part of Bellmere.

Geography

The ''

Caboolture River The Caboolture River is a small river in South East Queensland, Australia. Location and features Formed by runoff from the D'Aguilar Range, the Caboolture River rises below near and flows generally east, joined by two minor tributaries and f ...

'' forms part of the southern boundary and all of the south-eastern. ''Wararba Creek'' forms the eastern boundary before flowing into the ''Caboolture River'' in the south-east. The D'Aguilar Highway passes to the north-east. The proposed Bruce Highway Western Alternative will pass through Bellmere from south to north. Located to the west of the centre of

Caboolture Caboolture () is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the northern side of the Caboolture River. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 29,534 people. Geography Caboolture is ...

, it is essentially a suburb of that town.

History

It has been claimed that Bellmere was named after local landowner Arthur John Bell. Bellmere State School opened on 14 July 1913 but closed in 1936. A new Bellemere State School opened in January 2016. Its working title was Caboolture West State School. In April 2023, the

decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named

, Greenstone, Lilywood, Wagtail Grove, and Waraba by excising parts of the existing localities of Bellmere, Rocksberg, Upper Caboolture, and

. Bellmere lost land to Corymbia, Wagtail Grove and Waraba.

Demographics

In the , Bellmere recorded a population of 5,540 people, 51.8% female and 48.2% male. The median age of the Bellmere population was 30 years, 7 years below the national median of 37. 76.5% of people living in Bellmere were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 4.5%, Philippines 0.8%, Korea, Republic of 0.6%, Scotland 0.5%. 89.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% Samoan, 0.6% Korean, 0.5% Arabic, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Tongan. In the , Bellmere had a population of 5,863 people. In the , Bellmere had a population of 6588 people.

Education

Bellmere State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 176 Dobson Lane (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 553 students with 39 teachers (35 full-time equivalent) and 24 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...

program. There are no secondary schools in Bellmere. The nearest government secondary schools are Tullawong State High School in neighbouring

to the north-east and Morayfield State High School in Morayfield to the south-east.

References

External links

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