5.2% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bruce · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bruce
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Bruce sits around the middle of similar areas for most transport trends, though it is largely reliant on cars. While public transport options are available, the typical resident faces a 15-minute walk to the nearest stop. This reliance on private vehicles is clear, with nearly 40% of homes owning two cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011. Most households own at least one car, with 39.9% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bruce, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply to 18.5% since 2016, though this remains well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Most people drive to work, while only 2.2% use public transport, a rate about the same as the national figure.
18.5% —
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
The area has 82 public transport routes, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. However, these services are almost entirely buses, with trains making up only 1.3% of the local network.
822
Higher than 56% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.59
Lower than 53% of federal 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).
1,196.9
Higher than 54% of federal 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).
82
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A 15-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most areas. From Bruce, the typical drive time to the city is 29 minutes.
15
Higher than 68% of federal electorate 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.
29
Higher than 51% of federal electorate 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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED204/bruce/topic/transport