2.7% —
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charlemont · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Charlemont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Charlemont than across the state, with only 2.7% of households without a vehicle. Most residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around this area. This high level of car ownership is consistent with a very low number of people using public transport to commute to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 47.7% of homes have two vehicles and 16.9% have three or more. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Charlemont, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 63.2% of people as the driver. Only 1.2% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%, while 16.7% work from home.
16.7% —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Charlemont has 59 public transport stops and 28 routes, meaning there are 5.73 stops per 1,000 people. This is well above the Victorian average of 4.41, though the number of weekly departures is a little below the state figure.
59
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.73
Higher than 70% 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).
1,041.9
Higher than 59% 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).
28
Higher than 86% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 4 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, the drive time to the city is 57 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
4
Lower 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.
57
Higher than 76% 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 Charlemont
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Charlemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021485/charlemont/topic/transport