5.5% ▲ —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bridgewater · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bridgewater
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 109-minute drive to the city marks Bridgewater as an area where residents rely heavily on their own transport. Most homes own multiple cars, which is necessary given the total absence of public transport services. This makes the town highly car-dependent for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than half of all homes have three or more motor vehicles, while 23.6% have two. Only 5.5% of households have no vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bridgewater, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 31%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 2 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 27.1% of people doing so—a figure well above the national average. For those who leave the house, the car is the primary choice, as 0% of the workforce commutes by public transport.
27.1% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, leaving Bridgewater far below the Victorian average.
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.
Getting around is challenging without a car, as it would take 65 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. This walk time is much higher than in most similar areas.
65
Higher than 88% 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.
109
Higher than 74% 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 Bridgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20333/bridgewater/topic/transport