10.9% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bellara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 11% of homes in Bellara have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. While most residents rely on cars to get around, the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.9% of households here do not own a car, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. For those who do, roughly half of the homes have one vehicle, while 27% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bellara, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 9.5% of residents work from home, a figure far below the national average. Most people commute by car, with 61.7% driving themselves to work.
9.5% ▲ +173.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Bellara has 20 public transport stops and four routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. Despite this high number of stops, only 1.3% of workers use public transport to get to work.
20
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.
6.10
Higher than 82% 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).
602.2
Higher than 80% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about five minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 51 minutes, also lower than in many other places.
5
Lower than 68% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Bellara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30213/bellara/topic/transport