Bellara is a suburb of Bribie Island in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Bellara had a population of 3,278 people.
The name Bellara was approved by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 July 1961. It is an Aboriginal word meaning good.
In the 2011 census, Bellara recorded a population of 3,157 people, 51.4% female and 48.6% male. The median age of the Bellara population was 54 years, 17 years above the national median of 37. 77.2% of people living in Bellara were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 3.9%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6%. 92.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.4% French, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% German, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Serbian.
In the 2016 census Bellara had a population of 3,225 people.
In the 2021 census, Bellara had a population of 3,278 people.
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