Bradvale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bradvale

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

A two-hour drive to the city makes Bradvale a place where residents rely almost entirely on their own cars or home offices. While 25% of people work from home—well above the national figure—there is no public transport available for those who need to travel.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 60%, ahead of 2 vehicles (40%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bradvale, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of workers drive to get to their jobs, and since no one uses public transport, 25% of the workforce chooses to work from home. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas and sits well above the Australian average.

25.0%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 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.

  • 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 Bradvale, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is completely absent in Bradvale, with zero stops or routes. This is far below the Victorian average for transport access.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The journey to the city is long, with a typical drive time of 124 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.

124

Higher than 83% 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 Bradvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20319/bradvale/topic/transport