1.6% ▼ -42.4%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Torquay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Torquay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A staggering 29% of people in Torquay work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. This heavy reliance on home-based work is matched by a very high rate of car ownership across the area. Most residents depend on their own vehicles to get around this coastal community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here get by without a car, with only 1.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria, and nearly half of all households own two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Torquay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving or working from home are the dominant ways people get to work, while only 0.4% use public transport. This low use of transit is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +336.2%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -73.8%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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.
While the area has 96 public transport stops—more than about 88% of similar places—they are all buses. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
96
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.90
Lower than 56% 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).
570.8
Lower 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).
14
Higher than 76% 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 drive time to the city is 67 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. On a local level, it takes about 5 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
67
Higher than 79% 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 Torquay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031053/torquay/topic/transport