3.3% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alexandra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Alexandra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A five-hour drive to the city makes car ownership essential for daily life in Alexandra. Very few households get by without a vehicle, and the vast majority of the local workforce relies on driving or working from home to get through their day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most households own two vehicles, though about 25% of homes have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Alexandra splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 17% since 2011, though this is still well below the national figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.3%.
17.0% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 bus services, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the Victorian average. While the number of stops per person is about the same as the state average, there are only five routes available.
31
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.54
Higher than 54% 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).
61.8
Lower than 83% 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).
5
Lower than 64% 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 is a major journey, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 304 minutes.
304
Higher than 99% 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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011054/alexandra/topic/transport