Bellbird Park · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bellbird Park

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 65% of workers in Bellbird Park drive themselves to work, making cars the dominant way to get around. While most households have multiple vehicles, the area has a higher number of public transport stops than many similar places. This makes it easier for some residents to access transit, even though car use remains the primary choice.

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📍 Bellbird Park, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have two cars, and only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national rate.

3.7% ▼ -20.5%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 3.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bellbird Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 10.7% of people doing so. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 2.5%.

10.7% ▲ +235.7%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.5% ▼ -41.7%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Bellbird Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Bellbird Park has 15 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.

1.63

Higher than 64% 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).

334.8

Higher than 75% 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).

9,191

Higher than 57% 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).

20,076

Lower than 51% 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.

Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 24 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.

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.

24

Lower than 79% 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 Bellbird Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30214/bellbird-park/topic/transport