6.0% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carrum - Patterson Lakes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Carrum - Patterson Lakes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged by 22 percentage points since 2011 in Carrum - Patterson Lakes, where 25.6% of people now do so. This shift is part of a broader trend toward private travel and remote work, as the number of households without a car has also fallen over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 41.5% owning two and 11.9% owning three. Only 6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carrum - Patterson Lakes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 54.2% of people. Very few residents use public transport to commute (1.7%), a figure that has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
25.6% ▲ +591.9%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -67.5%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
The area has 58 public transport stops, which is more than about 65% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Victorian figure, with buses making up 86.4% of all services.
58
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.82
Higher than 58% 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).
936.8
Higher than 55% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,032
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
17,425
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot or by transit is slower than in most areas. It takes typically 9 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, and the drive to the city takes 34 minutes.
9
Higher than 68% 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.
34
Higher than 62% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Carrum - Patterson Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208031185/carrum-patterson-lakes/topic/transport