Cranbourne North - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Cranbourne North - West

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

Few households lack a car in Cranbourne North - West, making it an area where private vehicle use is much more common than in the rest of the state. This reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where over 64% of workers drive themselves to work.

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📍 Cranbourne North - West, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own multiple cars, with 42% having two vehicles and 16.5% owning three.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cranbourne North - West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far less common here than across Victoria, at 14.1% compared to 25.7%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1.9% doing so.

1.9%

Higher than 50% 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 North - West, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Bus services are the only form of public transport available here, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Victorian average. There are 48 stops in the area, which is more than about 57% of similar areas.

48

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

4.03

Lower than 54% 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).

797.9

Higher than 50% 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).

11,910

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).

33,191

Lower than 58% 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.

The walk to the nearest stop is among the shortest for areas at this level, though the drive time to the city is higher than most.

0

Lower than 99% 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.

33

Higher than 61% 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 Cranbourne North - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212031560/cranbourne-north-west/topic/transport