6.2% ▼ -36.2%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
California Gully - Eaglehawk · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in California Gully - Eaglehawk
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people rely on their own cars here than in most similar areas, with California Gully - Eaglehawk showing a very low use of public transport for work. While the area has a good number of stops, very few residents actually use these services to commute. This reliance on private vehicles is clear across the region's transport patterns.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 36.7% have two. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is 6.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →California Gully - Eaglehawk splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, at only 9.0%. Reliance on cars is very high, with 68.9% of people driving to work and only 0.7% using public transport, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas.
9.0% ▲ +271.1%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -69.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 78 public transport stops, providing more access per person than most similar areas and the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
78
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.02
Higher than 73% 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).
823.8
Higher than 51% 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).
10
Higher than 62% 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.
Reaching the city takes 105 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. It also takes longer than usual to reach the nearest transport stop, with a typical walk of 6 minutes.
6
Higher than 57% 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.
105
Higher than 89% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in California Gully - Eaglehawk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011019/california-gully-eaglehawk/topic/transport