17.6% —
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-two percent of people in Brunswick work from home, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a shift in how the local workforce operates, alongside a high number of households that do not own any motor vehicles. The area is well connected by a frequent network of trams and buses.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, the number has fallen slightly since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan), 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 42.1% since 2016, which is far above the national figure. Meanwhile, 6.4% of residents commute by public transport, which is well above the state and national averages, though this has fallen 17 points since 2016.
42.1% —
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% —
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 departures per 1,000 people are far above the Victorian average at 2,198.2. The area has 365 stops and 20 routes, with trams and light rail being the most common mode at 59.6%.
365
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.91
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,198.2
Higher than 88% of state electorate 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).
20
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brunswick (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21303/brunswick/topic/transport