0.8% ▼ -51.1%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Plains - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Plains - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Golden Plains - South owns a car, with 84% of households keeping two or more vehicles. This heavy reliance on cars is clear in a landscape where public transport is very scarce and the drive to the city takes a long 114 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 0.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Ownership is high, with nearly 20% of households owning four or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Golden Plains - South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 18% since 2011, though this is still well below the Victorian average of 25.7%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.4%.
18.0% ▲ +100.1%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 7 stops and 4 routes available. This results in just 11.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure.
7
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.86
Lower than 90% 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).
11.6
Lower than 92% 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).
4
Lower than 71% 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.
Daily travel is dominated by the car, as the drive time to the city is 114 minutes, one of the highest for similar areas.
114
Higher than 91% 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 Golden Plains - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203011035/golden-plains-south/topic/transport