1.5% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bruthen - Omeo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Bruthen - Omeo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 62% of workers in Bruthen - Omeo drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This makes the area one of the most vehicle-dependent regions in the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 40.9% having two and another 35.5% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle fell from 2.5% in 2011 to just 1.5% in 2021, leaving it well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bruthen - Omeo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 15.1% since 2011, though this is still far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Public transport use is almost non-existent, with only 0.1% of people using it to get to work, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area.
15.1% ▲ +53.1%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -75.5%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 is very limited, as the area has just 6 bus routes and 17 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with only 30.5 departures compared to Victoria's 1,267.9.
17
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.05
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
30.5
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
6
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Bruthen - Omeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021082/bruthen-omeo/topic/transport