7.0% ▼ -43.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Breakwater · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Breakwater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 1,250 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Breakwater an area with very high transit access. While most residents still rely on cars, the suburb has a high number of stops and routes compared to similar areas. This creates a strong contrast with the low number of people who actually work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 46% of homes have one motor vehicle, while 32% have two. Only 7% of households have no vehicle, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Breakwater, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here, at 8.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents drive to work, and only 2% use public transport, which is a little below the Australian average.
8.9% ▲ +461.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Breakwater has 13.21 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. All of this transit is provided by buses, with 14 stops and 5 routes serving the area.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.21
Higher than 89% 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).
1,253.8
Higher than 88% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is 57 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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).
More for Breakwater
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Breakwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20326/breakwater/topic/transport