2.0% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellbird Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bellbird Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained dominant in Bellbird Heights, where only 2% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure and reflects a strong reliance on private transport for daily travel. While public transport stops are physically close, very few residents use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 42.2% having two vehicles and 15.3% having three. Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bellbird Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here at 12.0%, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%. Instead, 62.6% of residents drive themselves to work, and no one uses public transport for their commute.
12.0% ▲ +626.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
There are 8.7 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 383.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
8.70
Higher than 87% 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).
383.9
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.
The walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. Despite this, the drive time to the city is 102 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
102
Higher than 70% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10269/bellbird-heights/topic/transport