0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Belford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 80% of homes in Belford have two or more motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. The area is heavily reliant on private transport, with no one using public transit to get to work despite a high number of local stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 44.4% of homes having two vehicles and 31.1% having four or more. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Belford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 47.5% of residents, while 17.2% work from home. This work-from-home rate is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.
17.2% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Belford has 7 public transport stops and one bus route, giving it 39.77 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the New South Wales figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
39.77
Higher than 99% 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).
914.8
Higher than 86% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 114 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 15 minutes.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
114
Higher than 77% 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)).
- 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 Belford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10258/belford/topic/transport