0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Amphitheatre · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Amphitheatre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Amphitheatre has a motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. While the area is far from the city, about 23.7% of residents work from home, which is a little above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and Australian averages. More than half of all households own two or more cars, with 19.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Amphitheatre splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 4 or more at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.9% of residents, while no one uses public transport. This lack of transit use is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
23.7% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Despite having more stops per 1,000 people than most areas, weekly departures are far below the state figure. Only one bus route serves the area, with just two stops 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.
8.97
Higher than 87% 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).
35.9
Higher than 61% 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 around is a challenge, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 28 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas at 114 minutes.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
114
Higher than 77% 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 Amphitheatre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20041/amphitheatre/topic/transport