7.0% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Sale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is a central part of life in Sale, where 65.7% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While the town has a good number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute. This creates a strong dependence on personal vehicles for getting around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and the proportion of households without any motor vehicle has fallen to 7.0% since 2011. This figure is about the same as the state and national totals.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sale splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%, which is much lower than most areas. Additionally, those working from home make up 9.4% of the workforce, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
9.4% ▲ +331.6%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Sale has 14 routes and 81 stops, meaning it has more stops per 1,000 people than the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
81
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.29
Higher than 64% 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).
285.6
Lower than 70% 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).
14
Higher than 76% 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 140 minutes, which is among the highest drive times for areas at this level. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 14 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
14
Higher than 75% 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.
140
Higher than 96% 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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051103/sale/topic/transport