3.5% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellingen · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Bellingen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes go without a car in Bellingen than in the rest of the country, as only 3.5% of households lack a motor vehicle. This strong reliance on cars defines the area's transport landscape, with most residents preferring private travel over public options. While working from home is more common here than in most similar areas, the overall dependence on vehicles remains high.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Bellingen have one or two cars, with 39% owning two and 37.2% owning one. The proportion of households with no motor vehicle has fallen to 3.5%, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bellingen splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58% of the population, while 18.2% work from home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Very few people use public transport to commute, with only 0.2% doing so, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
18.2% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -57.3%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services make up 96.4% of public transport here, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. With 31 stops and 24 routes, the area has more transport infrastructure than about half of similar locations.
31
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.34
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
59.4
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
24
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bellingen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10600/bellingen/topic/transport