Blampied · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Blampied

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

Two or more cars are found in 65.8% of homes in Blampied, making private vehicles essential for getting around. While the area has a surprising number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for commuting.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Blampied has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and national figures, with 12.2% of households owning four or more vehicles.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Blampied, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A quarter of workers in Blampied work from home, which is well above the Australian figure. No one uses public transport to get to work; instead, nearly half of the workforce drives themselves.

25.0% ▲ +78.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 25.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Blampied, Car (driver) is the majority at 56%; Worked at home is next at 29%.

Public transport access

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

Blampied has 16.88 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, weekly departures are far below the state figure, and all services are buses.

16.88

Higher than 91% 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).

139.2

Higher than 72% 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 to the nearest stop can take 22 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas. The drive time to the city is 77 minutes.

22

Higher than 60% 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.

77

Higher than 55% 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 Blampied [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20259/blampied/topic/transport