7.1% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Belmont (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Belmont (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Some of the highest public transport access rates in the region make Belmont (East Metropolitan) a well-connected area. While 62% of workers still drive to their jobs, the suburb has a high density of transit stops and services compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. Most households own one or two vehicles, though the proportion of car-free homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Belmont (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest at this level, with 6.8% of workers using it, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Only 6.1% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average.
6.1% ▲ +163.1%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.8% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 availability is very high here, with 3,156.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. This access is supported by 413 stops and 32 routes, with buses making up 95.4% of the service.
413
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.53
Higher than 99% 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).
3,156.9
Higher than 98% 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).
32
Higher than 63% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Belmont (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50702/belmont/topic/transport