Berwick - South East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Berwick - South East

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Only 1.4% of homes in Berwick - South East lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest rates of car-less households, reflecting a strong reliance on private transport for daily travel.

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📍 Berwick - South East, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are very common here, with 47.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.8% owning three. Very few households get by without a car, a rate much lower than the 7.6% seen across Victoria.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Berwick - South East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is popular, with 25.4% of residents doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. Most others drive to work, while only 1.4% use public transport, which is a little below the state average.

1.4%

Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

How people get to work

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In Berwick - South East, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 67 public transport stops and 9 routes, but the 781.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure. All public transport options in the area are buses.

67

Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

3.77

Lower than 58% 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).

781.4

Lower than 51% 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).

17,760

Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

29,014

Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 35 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 5 minutes.

5

Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

35

Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Berwick - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212021553/berwick-south-east/topic/transport