84.6% ▲ +41.0%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 84.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belyuen · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Belyuen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A steep rise in the number of carless homes is the main story for Belyuen, where 84.6% of households now have no motor vehicle. This is a significant increase from 60% in 2011. The area lacks public transport options and sits over an hour's drive from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 85% of homes in Belyuen have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Northern Territory and national levels. Most of the remaining households have only one vehicle, and no homes have two or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Belyuen, No vehicle is the majority at 80%; 1 vehicle is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure. However, 8.3% of people work from home, which is well above the Northern Territory average.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Belyuen. This leaves the area with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Northern Territory average.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 81 minutes.
81
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Belyuen
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Belyuen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70540/belyuen/topic/transport