0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Acheron · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Acheron
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Acheron, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. While public transport exists, the area's remote location makes private travel essential for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household here has a car, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes without one. Nearly half of the homes have two vehicles, and about 26% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Acheron, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 26.3% of residents, which is well above the national figure of 21%. For those who leave the house, almost half drive themselves to work.
26.3% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 13.7 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian average. However, there are very few actual services, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the state level.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.70
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
164.4
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 93 minutes. It takes about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
9
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality 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.
93
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality 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)).
- 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 Acheron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20005/acheron/topic/transport