4.7% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bruce · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bruce
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Bruce than in most similar areas. This is a highly connected suburb where almost 10% of workers commute by bus, and a short 8-minute drive connects residents to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the territory figure. Most households rely on cars, with 47.8% owning one vehicle and 36.3% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bruce, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the national figure at 9.6%. Conversely, those working from home make up 9.0% of the workforce, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.0% ▲ +411.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.6% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
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.
Bruce has exceptional transit access with 52 stops and 19 routes, among the largest totals for an area of this size. This is reflected in the high number of weekly departures, which is far above the territory average.
52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.91
Higher than 85% 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).
3,753.9
Higher 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,960
Higher than 67% 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).
106,486
Higher than 80% 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).
26
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very accessible, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also features a very short drive time to the city of just 8 minutes.
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.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80028/bruce/topic/transport