6.6% ▼ -42.3%
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a quarter of working residents in Bundoora now work from home, a massive increase from just 1.4% in 2011. This shift toward remote work defines the local transport landscape, where cars remain the primary way to get around despite strong public transport availability. The area has seen a significant rise in home-based employment over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Bundoora have at least one car, with 39.4% owning two. While the number of households without a vehicle is higher than in most similar areas, this figure fell from 11.4% in 2011 to 6.6% in 2021.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drives themselves to work, while 25.5% work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Only 3.3% of residents use public transport to commute, a figure that has fallen by 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
25.5% ▲ +1758.7%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -56.2%
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Bundoora has excellent service levels, with 2,035.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian figure. This access is supported by 298 stops and 31 routes, mostly consisting of bus services.
298
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.89
Higher than 56% 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).
2,035.7
Higher than 86% 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).
31
Higher than 61% 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 Bundoora (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21503/bundoora/topic/transport