3.9% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Queenscliffe · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Queenscliffe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 23 percentage points since 2011 in Queenscliffe, where 32.6% of people now do their jobs from home. This shift is part of a broader trend toward private transport, with very few residents relying on public transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 81.4% of homes owning either one or two vehicles. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Queenscliffe splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (41%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A huge 32.6% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.5% doing so, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
32.6% ▲ +248.2%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -64.1%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
The area has 10.68 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. While there are 35 stops across 3 bus routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state average.
35
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.68
Higher than 99% 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).
857.1
Higher than 77% 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).
3
Lower than 62% 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 about 73 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 56% 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.
73
Higher than 57% 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).
More for Queenscliffe
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Queenscliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26080/queenscliffe/topic/transport