0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellarine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bellarine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Bellarine has at least one motor vehicle, making the area heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. While most people drive or work from home, the area has a surprising amount of public transport infrastructure compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 73.3% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bellarine, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 31%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 24.1% of residents, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, no one uses public transport to get to work, a rate well below both the state and national averages.
24.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bellarine has a high number of public transport stops and departures per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian average. There are 4 bus routes serving the area, though there is no train or tram access.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
35.50
Higher 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).
3,716.0
Higher 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 very short walk to the nearest stop—just one minute—is a standout feature of the area. However, the drive time to the city is relatively long at 72 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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 Bellarine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20193/bellarine/topic/transport