1.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Armstrong Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Armstrong Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 62% of workers in Armstrong Creek drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. Most households own multiple vehicles, and very few residents use public transport for their daily commute. While the area has many bus stops, the actual frequency of services remains low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 53.5% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 1.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Armstrong Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in the rest of Victoria, at 18.1%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1.1% doing so.
18.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 49 public transport stops and 22 routes, which is among the largest for its level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
49
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.36
Higher than 75% 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).
575.5
Higher than 80% 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).
22
Higher than 86% 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 typical walk to the nearest stop takes 7 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is around 61 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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).
More for Armstrong Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Armstrong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20068/armstrong-creek/topic/transport