Bellevue Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Bellevue Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over half of working residents in Bellevue Hill work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work defines daily travel here, though the area remains well-connected with a very short drive time to the city.

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📍 Bellevue Hill, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 10.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, while 34% of households keep two.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bellevue Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common, with 54.3% of people doing so, far above the 21% national figure. Only 2.5% of the workforce uses public transport, which is about the same as the national average.

2.5% —

Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

How people get to work

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In Bellevue Hill, Worked at home is the majority at 64%; Car (driver) is next at 28%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is primarily bus-based, with 73 stops and 8 routes. The area has a high number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, well above the New South Wales figure.

73

Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

5.06

Higher than 61% 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).

1,994.1

Higher 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).

14,429

Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

130,118

Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

45

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Daily travel is very efficient, with a drive time to the city of just 8 minutes. Most residents also live very close to transport, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.

1

Lower than 93% 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.

8

Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bellevue Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118011649/bellevue-hill/topic/transport