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Transport & Vehicles in Brimin

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

A shift towards flexible work is a key trend in Brimin, where 31.6% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21.0%. The area relies almost entirely on private cars, as there is no public transport available.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Brimin has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6% for homes without one. Most households have multiple cars, with 39.1% owning two and 26.1% owning four or more.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Brimin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly a third of workers stay at home for their jobs, a rate much higher than in most other areas. For those who do leave, 44.7% drive themselves, while 13.2% walk to work. No one uses public transport to commute.

31.6%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 31.0%
  • 2021: 31.6%

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 Brimin, the largest group is Car (driver) at 45%, followed by Worked at home (32%) and Walked (13%).

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Brimin, which is far below the Victorian average. This lack of service is reflected in the fact that there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge here. The walk takes about 83 minutes, which is among the highest times for areas of this type.

83

Higher than 98% 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.

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 Brimin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20341/brimin/topic/transport