0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bena · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bena
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes in Bena are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where most households own multiple vehicles and almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 39.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 11.9% having four or more. This contrasts sharply with the national figure, as no households in the area are without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bena, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 29% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure. For those who do travel, the car is the primary choice, as no one in Bena commutes using public transport.
28.5% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with no routes or stops available. This leaves the community far below the Victorian average for transport access and weekly departures.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 80 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
80
Higher than 57% 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 Bena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20203/bena/topic/transport