3.0% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Casey · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Casey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 15 percentage points since 2011 in Casey, where 17.9% of people now do their jobs from home. This shift comes as the area relies heavily on private cars, with only 3.0% of households lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private car ownership is very high, with 44.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.8% owning three. The share of homes without a car is much lower than in most areas and has fallen slightly since 2011 to 3.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Casey, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.1% of people, while public transport use is a little below the national figure at 1.8%. This commute method has seen a decline, falling 2.3 points since 2011.
17.9% ▲ +538.0%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -55.4%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Casey has one of the largest networks of public transport stops and routes, though the number of stops per 1,000 people is a little below the Victorian figure. The vast majority of this network is based on buses, which make up 98.3% of the modes available.
1,378
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.77
Higher than 56% 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).
936.2
Higher than 79% 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).
56
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is faster than in most areas, with a typical walk taking about 5 minutes. The drive time to the city is around 40 minutes, which is about the same as other similar areas.
5
Lower than 67% 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.
40
Lower than 56% of council (lga) 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/lga/LGA21610/casey/topic/transport