Arnold · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Arnold

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

A 112-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Arnold. Almost every home here relies on a car to get around, as there are no public transport options available in the area.

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📍 Arnold, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Arnold has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most households have two vehicles, while 12.5% of homes own four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Arnold, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (17%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly half of workers drive to work, and 22.6% work from home, which is a little above the national figure. No one in Arnold uses public transport to get to their job.

22.6%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.8%
  • 2021: 22.6%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Arnold, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures are far below the Victorian average.

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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.

Residents face a long trip to the city, with a typical drive time of 112 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

112

Higher than 76% 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 Arnold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20069/arnold/topic/transport