10.2% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Belfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of people in Belfield work from home, reflecting a shift in how the local workforce operates. While the area is well-connected to the city, the typical daily routine here relies less on traditional commuting than in other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 10.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Most households own either one or two vehicles, with 37% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Belfield splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 34.5% of people doing so, a figure far above the Australian average. Driving is the other main way to get to work, used by 35.7% of residents.
34.5% ▲ +1360.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -74.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
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.
Belfield has excellent transport links, with 30 stops and three routes, making it one of the most accessible areas at this level. Public transport is heavily bus-based, with 4.58 stops per 1,000 people.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.58
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,135.3
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
57,480
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality 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).
172,642
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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).
61
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality 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 convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than most areas, taking only 15 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality 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.
15
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality 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 Belfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10257/belfield/topic/transport