4.7% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tullamarine - Broadmeadows · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Tullamarine - Broadmeadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher than most areas for public transport frequency, Tullamarine - Broadmeadows is a region where car travel is the primary way to get around. While the area has many transit routes, very few people use them for their daily commute. The typical household here is well-equipped with vehicles to support this car-reliant lifestyle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with only 4.7% of households owning none, which is a little below the national figure. Most homes have two vehicles (41.3%) or one (31.2%), and the number of car-less homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tullamarine - Broadmeadows, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 60.6% of people as the driver. Working from home rose sharply to 16.8% since 2011, though this remains well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.8% ▲ +853.5%
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -51.1%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 a large network of 51 routes and 807 stops, mostly buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are higher than most areas, sitting at 1,325.5, which is about the same as the state average.
807
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.95
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,325.5
Higher than 68% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
51
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 24 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop is 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
24
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Tullamarine - Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21005/tullamarine-broadmeadows/topic/transport