1.9% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellbowrie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bellbowrie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 20-minute drive to the city makes Bellbowrie a convenient spot, though most locals rely heavily on their own cars. While 24.2% of people work from home—far above the Queensland figure—the area also has a surprisingly high number of weekly public transport departures compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 44.5% of homes owning two vehicles. Very few households get by without a car, with only 1.9% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bellbowrie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly one in four people work from home, a rate far above the state average. For those who do travel, 49.5% drive themselves, while 4.5% use public transport, which is a little above the national average.
24.2% ▲ +330.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -48.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services are the only option here, with 13 stops providing a weekly departure rate that is far above the Queensland figure. However, the 67-minute trip to the city is longer than in most areas.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.37
Higher than 67% 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).
1,608.7
Higher than 90% 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).
10,528
Higher than 59% 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).
19,966
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).
67
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city is much shorter than in most similar areas, taking just 20 minutes. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Bellbowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30215/bellbowrie/topic/transport