0.9% ▼ -52.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Avenel · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Avenel
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 60% of workers in Avenel drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and the town's transport options are limited mostly to a single train service.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 0.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own multiple cars, with 38.3% having two vehicles and 17% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Avenel, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and 18.1% of the workforce works from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive, with 59.3% as the main driver to work.
18.1% ▲ +58.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
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: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to one train route and one stop, though this is more than about 72% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 35.1, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.90
Higher than 61% 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).
35.1
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.
The typical drive time to the city is 82 minutes. Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge for many, as the 69-minute walk is much higher than in most other areas.
69
Higher than 90% 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.
82
Higher than 58% 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 Avenel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20086/avenel/topic/transport