3.7% ▼ -44.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brown Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brown Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport and have better access to stops in Brown Hill than in most similar areas. While car use remains dominant, 16 public transport stops serve the area. This creates a transport profile that is more connected than many nearby places, even if most residents still rely on their own vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 3.7% of households having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most homes have two cars, while 31.9% have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brown Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64% of residents. Only 1.0% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. Those working from home make up 15.2% of the workforce, far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
15.2% ▲ +424.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -50.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Brown Hill has more public transport routes and stops than about 80% of similar areas. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas, it is still far below the state figure.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.56
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).
687.2
Higher than 82% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes almost no time for some residents, which is among the lowest figures for this level. The drive time to the city is 67 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Brown Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20356/brown-hill/topic/transport