Bullarto · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bullarto

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

Almost every home in Bullarto has a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. While the area has more public transport stops per person than most similar places, the long drive to the city and limited service frequency mean residents rely heavily on their own transport.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in Bullarto are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages. Most households are well-equipped, with 71.5% of homes owning either two or three vehicles.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bullarto, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 35.1% of people doing so—a rate far above the national figure. For those who do travel, 37.8% drive themselves, while no one uses public transport to get to work.

35.1%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 31.6%
  • 2021: 35.1%

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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Bullarto splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (47%) and Worked at home (43%), with Car (passenger) at 10%.

Public transport access

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

There are 22.47 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per person is much lower than the Victorian figure, and only bus services are available.

22.47

Higher than 94% 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).

561.8

Higher than 79% 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 around is a slow process, with a typical 108-minute drive to the city. Access to transit is also difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 33 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

33

Higher than 69% 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.

108

Higher than 74% 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 Bullarto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20384/bullarto/topic/transport