Cranbourne East - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Cranbourne East - South

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Cranbourne East - South relies on a car to get around. With very few homes lacking a vehicle and limited public transport options, driving is the primary way people access work and services. This creates a strong dependence on private transport for daily life in the area.

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📍 Cranbourne East - South, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 48.1% owning two vehicles and another 12.5% owning three.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cranbourne East - South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 63.5% of workers being the driver. This is reflected in the low number of people using public transport (2.0%) and those working from home (14.3%), which is far below the state average.

2.0%

Higher 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.

How people get to work

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In Cranbourne East - South, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are limited, with only 1.06 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Victorian average of 4.41. Services are solely provided by buses, and weekly departures are much lower than in most other areas.

13

Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

1.06

Lower than 88% 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).

265.5

Lower than 71% 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).

12,289

Lower than 62% 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).

12,289

Lower than 81% 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 is slower than in most areas, with an 11-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also higher than most areas at 41 minutes.

11

Higher than 72% 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.

41

Higher than 69% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cranbourne East - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212031558/cranbourne-east-south/topic/transport