6.1% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bulleen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bulleen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 15-minute drive to the city makes Bulleen a very accessible place to live. While most residents rely on cars, a high number of people work from home, and the area has an impressive number of public transport stops compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 42% owning two vehicles. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bulleen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.2% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. About 47.9% of the workforce drive themselves to work, while 2.8% use public transport.
30.2% ▲ +676.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -63.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
Bulleen has a strong bus network with 57 stops, which is among the largest for its level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, though all public transport is provided by buses.
57
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.
5.08
Higher than 78% 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).
1,921.7
Higher than 91% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,289
Higher than 61% 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).
65,864
Higher than 71% 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 quick with a typical drive time of 15 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also very easy, taking only 2 minutes for most people.
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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Bulleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20386/bulleen/topic/transport