2.8% ▼ -51.0%
Lower than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Casey · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Casey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 3% of households in Casey lack a car now, a significant drop from 2011. This shift highlights a heavy reliance on private vehicles in an area where most homes own two or more cars and the drive to the city takes over an hour.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with only 2.8% of homes without a vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages. More than 41% of households have two cars, and over 27% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Casey, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 22.5%, up 20 points since 2016, while public transport use for work has fallen to just 1.1%. Most residents commute by car, with 55.3% driving themselves to work.
22.5% —
Higher than 68% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% —
Lower than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 5.00 stops per 1,000 people, slightly above the Victorian average, but the number of weekly departures is well below the state figure. Buses are the primary mode, making up 97.1% of routes.
787
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.00
Higher than 59% of federal 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).
811.2
Lower than 62% of federal 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).
72
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging, as it takes 18 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than other areas, averaging 67 minutes.
18
Higher than 72% of federal electorate 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.
67
Higher than 82% of federal electorate 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)).
- 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 Casey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED206/casey/topic/transport