3.5% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellbird · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bellbird
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Bellbird compared to the state and national figures. While the area has a high number of public transport stops for its size, most residents rely on their own cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 40.6% of homes having two vehicles. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bellbird, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.6% of people being the driver. Working from home is much less common than in other areas, at only 10.5% of the workforce.
10.5% ▲ +519.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Bellbird has 30 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for areas of this size and far above the state average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
12.83
Higher than 89% 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).
355.0
Higher than 76% 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.
Getting into the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 105 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas, while the walk to the nearest stop takes about 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
105
Higher than 72% 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 Bellbird [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10268/bellbird/topic/transport