2.5% —
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bellarine (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bellarine (Western Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.5% of households in Bellarine (Western Victoria) have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This highlights a strong reliance on cars for getting around the region. While many residents now work from home, the area remains heavily dependent on private transport for most daily trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 43.4% owning two vehicles. The proportion of households without a car is much lower than in most other areas and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bellarine (Western Victoria), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 16 points since 2016 to reach 21.1%, which is about the same as the Australian figure. In contrast, only 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
21.1% —
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Bellarine has 5.62 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
401
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.62
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
674.0
Lower than 63% of state electorate 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).
23
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bellarine (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20508/bellarine/topic/transport