5.4% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burnside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short walk to public transport defines the daily routine in Burnside, where the typical trip to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes. Most homes here have at least one car, though 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle at all, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40% of homes have two vehicles and 16.9% have three. While most households own cars, the 5.4% without a vehicle is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burnside, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58% of residents, while 18.7% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
18.7% ▲ +1432.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -50.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Burnside has a high level of service with 21 stops and 4 routes, which is larger than about 85% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas and about the same as the state average.
21
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.
3.62
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).
1,275.5
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,800
Higher than 52% 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).
50,546
Higher than 65% 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.
Getting into the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 24 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
24
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20419/burnside/topic/transport