Bruthen · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Bruthen

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

Car reliance is the norm in Bruthen, where most homes own multiple vehicles and almost no one uses public transport to get to work. While nearly 41% of households have two cars, the number of homes without any motor vehicle has risen to 4.8% since 2011.

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📍 Bruthen, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, with 40.3% owning two and 17.3% owning three. Only 4.8% of homes have no vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

4.8% ▲ +219.0%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bruthen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.4% of residents, while 12.7% work from home. This work-from-home rate is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 21.0%.

12.7% ▲ +278.8%

Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 12.7%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 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 Bruthen, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bruthen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221010/bruthen/topic/transport