Russells Bridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Russells Bridge

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

Zero homes in Russells Bridge lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This makes the area almost entirely dependent on cars for travel, as there is no local public transport available. Most households are well-equipped, with over half owning at least two vehicles.

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📍 Russells Bridge, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 59.3% of homes having two vehicles and 25.9% owning four or more. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Russells Bridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.9% of residents, while 20% work from home. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%.

20.0% ▲ +117.5%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.2%
  • 2016: 13.5%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Russells Bridge, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is completely absent, with no routes or stops serving the area. This puts Russells Bridge far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

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).

0.0

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 around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 61 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas. The drive time to the city is also 61 minutes.

61

Higher 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.

61

Lower than 55% 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 Russells Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22216/russells-bridge/topic/transport