6.8% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Belmont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Easy access to local stops makes getting around Belmont simple for many residents. The area is well-served by public transport, with 64 stops and 24 different routes supporting the local community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 42.3% owning one and 37.6% owning two. About 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Belmont splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (42%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 57% of people. While 19.4% of the workforce works from home, this is well below the 25.7% figure for Victoria.
19.4% ▲ +675.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -60.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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.
Local transport is based entirely on buses, with 4.25 stops per 1,000 people. This level of access and the 1,137.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people are both much higher than most similar areas.
64
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.25
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).
1,137.9
Higher than 87% 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).
24
Higher than 87% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 54 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
54
Lower than 59% 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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20201/belmont/topic/transport