5.0% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alexandra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Six out of ten workers in Alexandra drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. While the town has more public transport routes than most similar areas, the long travel times and low use of trains or buses make private vehicles the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35% owning two and 14% owning three. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Alexandra splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far below the state average at 11.9%, while only 0.5% of residents use public transport to get to work. This is much lower than the 2.9% seen across Victoria.
11.9% ▲ +97.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Bus services provide all the public transport here, with 4 routes and 4 stops. Although this is more than 85% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.43
Higher than 63% 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).
26.4
Higher than 60% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 takes 102 minutes, which is longer than most similar areas. Residents also face a longer walk to the nearest transport stop, taking about 30 minutes.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
102
Higher than 70% 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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20022/alexandra/topic/transport