6.2% ▲ +139.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bass · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bass
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Bass, making the car the primary way people move around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has a higher number of car-free households than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two or more vehicles, with 36.6% owning two and 19.3% owning three. Only 6.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bass, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and 56.2% of workers drive themselves to work. Those working from home make up 17.4% of the workforce, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
17.4% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 more stops per 1,000 people than most similar places, with two stops served by one bus route. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.94
Higher than 77% 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).
237.0
Higher than 73% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes 74 minutes by car. The usual walk to the nearest public transport stop is 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
74
Higher than 53% 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 Bass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20164/bass/topic/transport