2.4% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alberton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few places have as many transport stops per person as Alberton, though most residents still rely on their own cars to get around. Very few households get by without a vehicle, and the long drive time to the city highlights the area's remote nature.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 43.9% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2.4% having none. This lack of vehicle-free homes is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alberton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and 16.8% of the workforce works from home. While 55.8% of people drive themselves to work, 8.0% make the trip on foot.
16.8% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
Alberton has 6.73 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian figure. However, the 158.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, with only bus services available.
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.
6.73
Higher than 84% 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).
158.2
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.
The drive to the city takes 142 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas. It takes a typical resident about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest stop.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
142
Higher than 88% 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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20019/alberton/topic/transport