13.9% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Broadmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Broadmeadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than double the national figure of homes without a car live in Broadmeadows, where 13.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This high number of car-free homes is supported by a very dense network of public transport. The area has some of the most frequent service levels and the highest number of stops per person in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. For those who do have cars, the most common situation is having just one vehicle, which applies to 41.7% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Broadmeadows, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure at 7.0%. Meanwhile, working from home is far below the Victorian average, with only 11.4% of workers staying at home.
11.4% ▲ +928.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.0% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
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.
Broadmeadows has a massive amount of transit options, with 2,891.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people—far above the state figure. It features 76 stops and 27 different routes, which is among the largest number of services for an area of this size.
76
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.
6.07
Higher than 82% 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).
2,891.9
Higher than 96% 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).
27
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,859
Higher than 65% 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).
129,359
Higher than 85% 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).
59
Higher 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 to the city is relatively quick by car, taking only 18 minutes. Access to the network is also very easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20346/broadmeadows/topic/transport