6.2% ▼ -38.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bacchus Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bacchus Marsh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of working residents in Bacchus Marsh drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar places, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 39.2% having one and 36.5% having two. Only 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bacchus Marsh splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 20.3% of people doing so, which is about the same as the Australian average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.8%.
20.3% ▲ +800.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -67.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Bacchus Marsh has 32 public transport stops and three routes, which is more than most similar areas. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Victorian figure.
32
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.10
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
929.4
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting to the city takes typically 40 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents also live very close to transport, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
40
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality 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 Bacchus Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20095/bacchus-marsh/topic/transport