5.0% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bell Post Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bell Post Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of workers in Bell Post Hill drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area also has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have two cars, and only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bell Post Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 14.3% doing so. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.6%.
14.3% ▲ +689.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 21 stops and two routes, which is more than about 80% of similar places. There are 1,021.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, though all public transport options are buses.
21
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.
4.13
Higher than 74% 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).
1,021.8
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 51 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. A typical resident spends about 8 minutes walking to their nearest transport stop.
8
Lower 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Post Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20192/bell-post-hill/topic/transport