3.2% ▲ +121.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellbrae · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bellbrae
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 31% of people in Bellbrae work from home, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where the typical household is highly mobile and relies heavily on cars. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 39.5% owning two and 15.1% owning three. This means far fewer households are without a vehicle compared to the Victorian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bellbrae, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 51.2% of workers drive to their jobs, 30.5% work from home, which is much higher than most areas. Notably, no one in Bellbrae uses public transport to get to work.
30.5% ▲ +120.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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.
The area has more stops and routes than most similar places, but service is infrequent. With only 267.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the Victorian figure.
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.
4.46
Higher than 75% 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).
267.5
Higher than 74% 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 about 74 minutes to drive from Bellbrae to the city, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
74
Higher than 53% 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 Bellbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20195/bellbrae/topic/transport