8.8% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seymour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Seymour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of working residents in Seymour drive themselves to work, showing a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. While there is a high number of transport stops relative to the population, very few people actually use public transport for their commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. This is a decrease from 2011, when 12.5% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Seymour splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.7% of people commute using public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is also far below the Victorian average, with only 8.6% of the workforce doing so.
8.6% ▲ +195.6%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Seymour has 55 public transport stops and 22 routes, giving it 8.37 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
55
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.37
Higher than 86% 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).
782.8
Lower than 51% 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).
22
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.
It takes much longer than most areas to drive to the city, with a typical trip of 72 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop is also longer than most areas, taking about 10 minutes.
10
Higher than 71% 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.
72
Higher than 81% 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 Seymour
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Seymour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011059/seymour/topic/transport