8.4% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bairnsdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bairnsdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher levels of public transport access than most similar areas define Bairnsdale, though it remains a heavily car-reliant town. While there are many transport stops, very few people actually use these services to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 42% owning one and 34.1% owning two. However, 8.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bairnsdale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 8.5%. This reflects a car-dependent workforce, as 66.4% of people drive themselves to work and only 0.3% use public transport.
8.5% ▲ +153.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -55.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bairnsdale has 32 public transport stops and 12 routes, which are among the largest numbers for this type of area. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far 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.
4.05
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).
118.3
Higher than 71% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop can take some time, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is 29 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
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 Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20103/bairnsdale/topic/transport