6.7% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bentleigh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bentleigh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of workers in Bentleigh work from home than the national figure, with 39.7% of the workforce doing so. This suburb balances strong transit links with a high reliance on cars, though most residents can reach a transport stop within just three minutes of their home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, while 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bentleigh splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with a rate far above the state and national figures. Those who do travel for work often use cars, though 4.2% commute by public transport, which is a little above the national average.
39.7% ▲ +843.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
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.
Bentleigh has one of the largest networks of 14 routes and 58 stops for its size. While the number of stops per person is well below the Victorian average, the number of weekly departures is much higher than in most similar areas.
58
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.24
Higher than 70% 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).
971.8
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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
38,024
Higher than 86% 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).
179,668
Higher than 86% 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).
59
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very well connected, with a typical drive time to the city of only 17 minutes. This is much lower than most areas at this level.
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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Bentleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20214/bentleigh/topic/transport