1.3% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seymour Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Seymour Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011 in Seymour Surrounds, reflecting a shift in how people get to work. While the area is heavily reliant on cars, nearly one in five people now work from their own residence.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.3% having none—a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%. Most households have multiple vehicles, with 40.9% owning two and 17.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seymour Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.1% of workers use public transport, which is among the lowest for similar areas and has fallen since 2011. Most people drive themselves to work (55.6%) or work from home (18.3%).
18.3% ▲ +130.2%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -93.8%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
There are 6.03 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian figure. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with buses making up 78.6% of available services.
28
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.03
Higher than 73% 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).
215.9
Lower than 74% 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).
8
Higher 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 into the city takes a long time here, with a typical drive time of 72 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Seymour Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011060/seymour-surrounds/topic/transport