0.7% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bella Vista · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bella Vista
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all working residents in Bella Vista work from home, making it one of the most flexible professional hubs in the region. This high rate of remote work is paired with a strong reliance on private cars, as very few households get by without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, with 46.5% of homes owning two vehicles and only 0.7% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bella Vista, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 45.0% of the workforce, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Only 2.5% of residents commute using public transport, a rate about the same as the state and national averages.
45.0% ▲ +952.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
The area is well-served with 51 public transport stops and 12 routes, providing far more weekly departures per 1,000 people than the state average. While buses make up 89.6% of these options, the transit time to the city is higher than most areas at 68 minutes.
51
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.08
Higher than 82% 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).
2,513.2
Higher than 94% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,683
Higher than 75% 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).
73,936
Higher than 73% 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).
68
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the city by car takes 28 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a lower than usual 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 Bella Vista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10263/bella-vista/topic/transport