5.2% —
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged to 32% of the workforce in Bulleen, a massive jump from just 5.4% in 2016. This shift toward home-based work is the most striking change in how people navigate their days here. While public transport options are plentiful, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Bulleen have at least one car, with 40.9% owning two. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly a third of workers now stay at home for work, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. In contrast, public transport use for commuting has fallen sharply since 2016 to just 3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
32.0% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% —
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bulleen has excellent access to services, with 5.02 stops per 1,000 people and 42 different routes. Weekly departures are among the highest for similar areas and far above the Victorian average, though all these services are provided by buses.
337
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.02
Higher than 59% 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).
2,405.5
Higher than 90% 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).
42
Higher than 78% 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 Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21401/bulleen/topic/transport