Corio · Federal Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Corio

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

Over an hour of travel time to the city defines the daily commute for many in Corio. While the area has a good number of public transport stops, most people rely on their own cars to get around.

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📍 Corio, Federal Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Corio have one or two cars, with 38.1% owning one and 37.9% owning two. The number of households without any motor vehicle fell to 7.0% since 2011, a figure that is about the same as the state and national figures.

7.0% ▼ -21.6%

Higher than 68% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Corio splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose sharply to 18.5% since 2016, though this remains well below the Victorian figure. Very few people use public transport for work, at just 1.6%, which is lower than most other areas.

18.5%

Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 18.5%

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

1.6%

Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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 Corio, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Corio has 4.99 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Victorian average. The network is almost entirely buses, with 63 different routes and 795 stops serving the area.

795

Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

4.99

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).

1,282.5

Higher than 57% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive time to the city is 61 minutes, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.

61

Higher than 78% 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 Corio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED210/corio/topic/transport