2.4% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Avonsleigh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Avonsleigh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Avonsleigh drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this rural setting. While the area has a few bus routes, almost no one uses public transport to commute. This is a place where most homes own multiple vehicles and a quarter of the workforce operates from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 42.6% of homes having two vehicles and 15.2% owning four or more. Only 2.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Avonsleigh, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 25.2% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the Australian average. Only 0.7% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
25.2% ▲ +513.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -58.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 six bus routes—more than about 89% of similar areas—no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.55
Higher than 72% 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).
645.7
Higher than 81% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 47 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. However, getting to a stop on foot takes 22 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
47
Lower than 63% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Avonsleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20091/avonsleigh/topic/transport