3.0% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mansfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Mansfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the people who work in Mansfield drive themselves to their jobs, making the car the dominant way to get around. This reliance on vehicles is clear, as only 3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 10.5% owning four or more. The proportion of households without a car has barely changed since 2011 and remains much lower than in most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mansfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 15.7% since 2011, though this is still well below the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%, which is a little below the state and national averages.
15.7% ▲ +56.5%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -76.4%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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, with only two routes and 19 stops in the area. There are 1.81 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average, and all available services are buses.
19
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.81
Lower than 81% 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).
14.1
Lower than 90% 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mansfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011057/mansfield/topic/transport