Bannockburn · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bannockburn

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

Cars are essential for daily life in Bannockburn, where almost every home owns at least one vehicle. Only 1% of households are without a car, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on driving is clear in how people get to work and the long travel times to the city.

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📍 Bannockburn, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 45.6% owning two and 15.3% owning four or more. Only 1% of households have no motor vehicle, a rate much lower than the 7.6% seen across Victoria.

1.0% ▼ -46.8%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 1.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bannockburn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.1% of people as the main driver. Those working from home make up 14.5% of the workforce, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

14.5% ▲ +422.3%

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 14.5%

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

0.4% ▼ -54.7%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Bannockburn, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to bus services, with only 0.62 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the state average of 4.41, and weekly departures are also far below the Victorian figure.

0.62

Higher than 60% 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).

9.6

Higher than 58% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is slow for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 54 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also higher than most places at 103 minutes.

54

Higher than 82% 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.

103

Higher than 71% 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)).
  • 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 Bannockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20133/bannockburn/topic/transport