10.0% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eureka
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High levels of public transport access define Eureka, where residents have far more stops and departures than most similar areas. While car travel remains the main way to get around, 10% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes here do not have a motor vehicle, which is a little above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. For those with cars, the most common setup is having just one vehicle, accounting for 43.6% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eureka, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but 2.8% use public transport, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. Far fewer people work from home here compared to the rest of the state, with only 14.3% doing so.
14.3% ▲ +828.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 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.
Public transport access is very strong, with 11.06 stops per 1,000 people and 2,001.6 weekly departures, both of which are well above the Victorian figures. All available services are provided by buses.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.06
Higher than 88% 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).
2,001.6
Higher than 92% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is very easy, with a walking time of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is around 69 minutes.
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.
69
Higher than 50% 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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20891/eureka/topic/transport