1.4% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bulla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bulla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very high rate of car ownership defines the way people move in Bulla. While almost every home has a car, very few residents use public transport to get to work. This reliance on private vehicles is mirrored by the fact that the vast majority of people commute by driving.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own multiple cars, with 23.9% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bulla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 57.3% of workers being the driver. Only 0.9% of people commute via public transport, and the 17.8% who work from home is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
17.8% ▲ +814.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Bulla has 4 public transport stops, which is more than about 76% of similar areas, but these are all bus services. Despite having a high number of stops per person, weekly departures are far below the state average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.99
Higher than 81% 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).
443.1
Higher than 77% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 25 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. Residents usually face an 18-minute walk to reach their nearest transport stop.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Bulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20381/bulla/topic/transport