2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
Eastern View · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eastern View
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly three hours of driving separates Eastern View from the city, making the area heavily reliant on private vehicles. While the town has a high number of public transport stops and departures per person, it remains a remote location for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 60%, ahead of 3 vehicles (33%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eastern View, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 3 vehicles is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Worked at home at 58%, ahead of Car (driver) (32%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 42.55 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian figure of 4.41. All services are provided by buses, with 2,553.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a rate among the highest for similar areas.
42.55
Higher 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).
2,553.2
Higher than 95% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is dominated by the car, as the drive to the city takes 177 minutes. Getting to public transport is also difficult, with a 53-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas.
53
Higher than 81% 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.
177
Higher than 95% 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 Eastern View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20834/eastern-view/topic/transport