2.8% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belgrave Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Belgrave Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Belgrave Heights than in most similar areas, with 27.5% of the workforce doing so. This reliance on home-based work is a defining feature of the area, as very few residents use public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 43.4% of homes having two vehicles and 14.8% having four or more. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Belgrave Heights, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a little above the state average, while only 1.2% of people commute by public transport. This low transit use is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national figure.
27.5% ▲ +344.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -47.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 has a high number of public transport routes and stops compared to similar places, with 4 routes and 5 stops. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.58
Higher than 72% 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).
457.8
Higher than 78% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 36 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes 18 minutes.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
36
Lower 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)).
- 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 Belgrave Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20189/belgrave-heights/topic/transport