0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bells Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bells Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Bells Beach has at least one motor vehicle, showing a total reliance on cars for getting around. While the area has no public transport stops, nearly 28% of workers now operate from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with no homes lacking a vehicle. This is well below the national and state figures, and over 70% of households own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bells Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 4 or more (40%), with 1 vehicle at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 28.4% of residents doing so, which is well above the Australian average of 21%. No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure.
28.4% ▲ +187.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in this area, with zero stops and routes available. These figures are far below those seen across Victoria.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 typical trip to the city takes 70 minutes. Because there are no local stops, the walk to the nearest one takes 21 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
70
Higher than 50% 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 Bells Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20200/bells-beach/topic/transport