Bells Creek, Queensland
Bells Creek is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Bells Creek had a population of 343 people.
Geography
Bells Creek is located west of Caloundra. The Bruce Highway traverses the locality from the south-west to the north-west. Most of the land is freehold and used for farming. The Mooloolah River National Park is in the north-western corner of the locality. The south-western corner of the locality forms part of the Beerwah State Forest.History
The locality takes its name from the creek, which in turn was named after Mary Alice Bell who bought Portion 29 south of the creek. She was the governess of the children of explorer and pioneer William Landsborough. The creek had previously been known as Kelaher Creek and by the Indigenous people as Tooringoor.On 18 August 2017, the north-eastern part of Bells Creek was excised to create the locality of Baringa to accommodate future suburban growth in the Caloundra South Priority Development Area.
On 14 June 2019, the localities of Bells Creek and Meridan Plains were again excised to the localities of Banya, Corbould Park, Gagalba and Nirimba to accommodate future suburban growth in the Caloundra South Priority Development Area.
Notre Dame College, a Catholic primary-and-secondary school, opened in January 2025, initially admitting primary students in Years Prep to 3 and secondary students in Year 7. It is on a site and will be able accommodate 1,836 students once fully operational in 2030.
Demographics
In the, Bells Creek had a population of 317 people. The population was 52.1% female and 47.9% male. The median age of the Bells Creek population was 32 years, 5 years below the national median of 37. 79.6% of people living in Bells Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 3.5%, Scotland 1.9%, Samoa 1.9%, United States of America 1.6%. 89.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.9% Arabic, 1.3% Afrikaans.In the, Bells Creek had a population of 94 people.
In the, Bells Creek had a population of 343 people. This included the populations of neighbouring newly created localities of Banya and Gagalba.
Education
Notre Dame College is a Catholic primary-and-secondary school at 20 Festival Street. The school will not be fully operational until 2030.There are no government schools in Bells Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Baringa State Primary School in neighbouring Baringa to the north, Nirimba State Primary School in neighbouring Nirimba to the west, and Landsborough State School in Landsborough to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Baringa State Secondary College in Baringa and Beerwah State High School in Beerwah to the south-west.