Lower Belford · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Lower Belford

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Lower Belford owns a car, making it much more vehicle-reliant than the state and national averages. This is a place where private transport is essential, as there are no public transport stops or routes available for residents.

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📍 Lower Belford, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Lower Belford has at least one motor vehicle. More than half of all households own three or more vehicles, with 22.8% having four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Lower Belford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 28.5% of residents doing so. This is well above the national figure, which helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce ever uses public transport to get to work.

28.5% ▲ +153.6%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.2%
  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 28.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Lower Belford, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 33%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in the area. There are zero stops and routes, leaving the community far below New South Wales figures for service access.

0.00

Lower 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around requires a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 61 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas, taking around 125 minutes.

61

Higher than 86% 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.

125

Higher than 83% 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 Lower Belford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12410/lower-belford/topic/transport