10.8% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Belmont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Belmont than in most similar areas, with 10.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. While public transport options are plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on driving for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households run on one or two cars, with 38.5% and 33.7% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Belmont splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 18.9% work from home. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%, and only 1.1% of the workforce use public transport.
18.9% ▲ +500.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Public transport access is much higher than most similar areas, with 48 stops and 6 different routes. The area has 6.59 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average of 5.27.
48
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.
6.59
Higher than 84% 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).
1,243.7
Higher than 88% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 13 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 108 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
108
Higher than 74% 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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10276/belmont/topic/transport