2.7% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellingen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Bellingen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Bellingen than in the rest of New South Wales, with only 2.7% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area, where public transit options are very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 39.3% have two. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011, leaving it well below the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bellingen splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 21.1% of residents, a figure that rose by 9.1 percentage points since 2011. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%, which is much lower than most areas.
21.1% ▲ +76.4%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -65.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is sparse, with only 8 stops and 3 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and all available services are buses.
8
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.30
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
48.5
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes an average of 69 minutes, which is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.
69
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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 Bellingen
Cite this page
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/sa2/104021083/bellingen/topic/transport