Burkes Flat · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Burkes Flat

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

Few things have changed in the way people move around Burkes Flat over the last decade, as it remains a place where private travel is essential. With no public transport stops or routes available, residents rely entirely on their own vehicles to navigate the region.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 100%, ahead of No vehicle (0%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Burkes Flat, 4 or more is the majority at 100%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 44%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).

How people get to work

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In Burkes Flat, Car (driver) is the majority at 100%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Burkes Flat. This puts the area far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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 to the city is a significant journey from Burkes Flat, with a typical drive time of 131 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.

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Higher than 86% 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

  • 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 Burkes Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20415/burkes-flat/topic/transport