Buloke · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Buloke

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

Over half of the people working in Buloke drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a place where few people go without a vehicle and public transport is very limited. Only 0.3% of the workforce uses public transit to get to their jobs.

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📍 Buloke, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least two cars, with 34.2% owning exactly two. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

4.6% ▼ -34.3%

Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Buloke splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 10.5% of people walk. Those working from home make up 15.7% of the workforce, which is far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.

15.7% ▲ +4.9%

Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 15.0%
  • 2016: 13.2%
  • 2021: 15.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.3% ▼ -28.9%

Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Buloke, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is scarce, with only 20 stops and 8 bus routes across the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, at just 24.4 compared to 1,267.9.

20

Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

3.23

Lower than 66% 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).

24.4

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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Buloke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031400/buloke/topic/transport