Anakie · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Anakie

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Anakie owns a car, with a huge majority of residents relying on private vehicles to get around. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the lack of local public transport options. Most people here either drive to work or stay at home to do their jobs.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is exceptionally high in Anakie, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have multiple cars, with 85% owning two or more vehicles.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Anakie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.3% of residents. While 21.8% of people work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, only 0.8% use public transport to commute.

21.8% ▲ +98.0%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 21.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.8% ▼ -49.7%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Anakie, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent in Anakie, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical trip from Anakie to the city takes about 65 minutes by car, which is around the middle for areas of this type.

65

Lower than 53% 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 Anakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20042/anakie/topic/transport