8.4% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bell Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bell Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 1,300 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Bell Park a highly connected area. While most residents rely on cars, the suburb has an impressive number of transit options compared to similar places. This high level of access contrasts with the low number of people who actually use these services to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 8.4% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bell Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.3% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure. This is a low-work-from-home area, with only 12.9% of people working remotely, far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
12.9% ▲ +1174.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -70.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The suburb is very well served, with 26 stops and 3 routes, placing it above about 82% to 91% of similar areas. All of these services are buses, and the number of weekly departures is much higher than in most other areas.
26
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.
4.64
Higher than 76% 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).
1,364.7
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for this level of area. The drive time to the city is 50 minutes, which is lower than in most other similar areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
50
Lower than 62% 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 Bell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20191/bell-park/topic/transport