0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bells Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bells Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Bells Creek owns a car, a rate well above the national figure. While public transport is available, most people rely on their own vehicles to get around this spread-out area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Bells Creek has at least one motor vehicle. Nearly half of all households have two cars, while about 16% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bells Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.8% as the driver and another 5.5% as a passenger. About 11.5% work from home, which is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
11.5% ▲ +24.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 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 access is far above the Queensland average, with 11.66 stops and 1,212.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people. All available services are provided by buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.66
Higher than 88% 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).
1,212.8
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 into the city takes a long time here, with a typical drive time of 121 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
121
Higher than 81% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30222/bells-creek/topic/transport