2.6% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Allansford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Allansford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 66% of workers in Allansford drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While most homes here own multiple vehicles, very few residents use public transport or work from home compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high in Allansford, with 40.7% of homes having two vehicles and 33.2% owning three or more. Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Allansford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes to work using public transport, and only 12.3% work from home, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%. The vast majority of the local workforce relies on cars to get to their jobs.
12.3% ▲ +48.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
There are 6.38 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average, though all services are buses. Despite having more stops than most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.38
Higher than 83% 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).
156.7
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 a stop is less convenient here than in most other areas, with a typical 21-minute walk to the nearest one.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
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 Allansford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20028/allansford/topic/transport