2.2% —
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunbury - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Sunbury - West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of working residents in Sunbury - West drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars in this area. This is an area where almost every home owns a vehicle and very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 97.8% of homes owning at least one vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% for homes without a car, and the typical household has two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunbury - West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 20.7% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1.8% doing so, which is a little below the state and national rates.
20.7% —
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 71 public transport stops in the area, giving it 6.36 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average. However, these are all bus services, and the number of people reachable by transit within 45 minutes is smaller than in about 81% of similar areas.
71
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.36
Higher than 77% 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).
1,159.9
Higher than 63% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,166
Lower than 66% 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).
11,166
Lower than 83% 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 can be difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 52 minutes, which is among the highest for areas like this. It also takes 35 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most areas.
52
Higher than 93% 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.
35
Higher than 63% 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 Sunbury - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210041541/sunbury-west/topic/transport