3.8% —
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Craigieburn - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Craigieburn - West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Craigieburn - West than the state or national average. This reliance on cars is clear in the local commute, though a small but notable number of people now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victoria figure of 7.6%. Most households have at least one car, with 41.7% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Craigieburn - West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Drivers make up 59.2% of the workforce, while 18.3% work from home, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. Public transport use for commuting is 2.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
18.3% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% —
Higher than 60% 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.
Public transport stops are more common than in about 60% of similar areas, with 1,471.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people. However, the 84-minute transit time to the city is among the highest for its level.
51
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.92
Lower than 56% 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).
1,471.1
Higher than 73% 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).
22,841
Higher than 68% 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).
67,271
Higher than 61% 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).
84
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop takes just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. Driving to the city typically takes 30 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.
1
Lower 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.
30
Higher than 58% 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 Craigieburn - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051543/craigieburn-west/topic/transport