0.8% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smythes Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Smythes Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 65% of workers in Smythes Creek rely on driving themselves to get to work, making cars the dominant way to move around. The area is heavily car-dependent, with almost every home owning at least one vehicle and very few people using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 86.4% of homes having two or more vehicles. Only 0.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Smythes Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 14% since 2011, but this is still far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria. Public transport use for commuting is almost non-existent at 0.1%, which is well below the national figure.
14.0% ▲ +227.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -87.5%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 5 stops and 3 bus routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, sitting at just 4.7 compared to 1,267.9 for Victoria.
5
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.18
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
4.7
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 slow and requires a car, as the drive time to the city is 88 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes, which is also higher than in most places.
8
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
88
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Smythes Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Smythes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011007/smythes-creek/topic/transport