2.1% —
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ocean Grove · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Ocean Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people get around without a car in Ocean Grove, where only 2.1% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is much lower than the state and national figures. Most households rely heavily on private transport, with nearly half owning two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as 46.4% of homes have two vehicles and 14% have three. This explains why the 2.1% of households without a car is well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ocean Grove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular, with 24.6% of workers doing so, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.5%.
24.6% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% —
Lower than 83% 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.
Public transport is limited to buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average. With only 3.51 stops per 1,000 people, access is lower than in most similar areas.
68
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.51
Lower than 62% 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).
319.4
Lower than 69% 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).
7
Lower than 52% 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 to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 78 minutes. It is also much harder to reach transit than in other areas, with a typical 29-minute walk to the nearest stop.
29
Higher than 86% 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.
78
Higher than 83% 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 Ocean Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031490/ocean-grove/topic/transport