2.6% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cardinia · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Cardinia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 60% of workers in Cardinia drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this large area. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and while more people are working from home than in the past, the car remains the dominant way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 42.6% of homes having two vehicles and 25.8% owning three or more. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cardinia, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 18.8% since 2011, though this is still well below the state average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.5%, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
18.8% ▲ +272.0%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Cardinia has 369 public transport stops, which is more than about 80% of similar areas. However, there are only 3.12 stops per 1,000 people, and the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
369
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.12
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
430.6
Higher than 71% of council (lga) 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).
25
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 9 minutes to walk to their nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 55% of council (lga) 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.
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).
More for Cardinia
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cardinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21450/cardinia/topic/transport