5.2% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brighton East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brighton East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 43.4% of people in Brighton East work from home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a modern shift in how the local workforce operates, with a small minority using public transport for their daily commute. The area is well-connected, offering quick road access to the city and high numbers of transit stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 43.2% owning two vehicles. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brighton East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way people get to work at 43.4%, far above the 21% national figure. In contrast, only 1.9% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the national average.
43.4% ▲ +531.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -79.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
The area is well served by 10 public transport routes and 61 stops, among the largest numbers for a place of this size. While there are 3.64 stops per 1,000 people, weekly departures are well below the Victorian average.
61
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.
3.64
Higher than 72% 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).
995.0
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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
82,269
Higher than 88% 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).
200,600
Higher than 87% 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).
56
Lower 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.
Getting into the city is fast, with a drive time of 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have a very short walk to the nearest stop, taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Brighton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20338/brighton-east/topic/transport