Bellevue is a suburb of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.
Bellevue has an athletics club which takes part in national championships.
A woman fired a gun in the suburb in March 2019, sparking a lockdown of local schools.
Two girls were held hostage by their father in their Bellevue home in November 2019, before Police shot the father.
Bellevue covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Bellevue had a population of 3,852 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 45 people (1.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 315 people (8.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,848 males, 1,986 females, and 15 people of other genders in 1,305 dwellings. 2.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 849 people (22.0%) aged under 15 years, 795 (20.6%) aged 15 to 29, 1,794 (46.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 414 (10.7%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 81.2% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 20.2% MÃÂori; 3.8% Pasifika; 9.7% Asian; 1.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.0%, MÃÂori by 3.7%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 12.4%. No language could be spoken by 2.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 24.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 28.3% Christian, 0.8% Hindu, 0.2% Islam, 1.1% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, and 3.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 58.9%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 723 (24.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,638 (54.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 642 (21.4%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $45,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 300 people (10.0%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 1,665 (55.4%) full-time, 429 (14.3%) part-time, and 81 (2.7%) unemployed.
Bellevue School is a state primary school, with a roll of . It opened in 1972 and incorporated Montessori education from 2002.
à Âtà «moetai Intermediate is a state intermediate school, with a roll of . It opened in 1966.
à Âtà «moetai College is a state secondary school with a roll of . It was established in 1965.
All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of