0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Axedale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Axedale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Axedale has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the national average. Most residents rely on cars to get around, which is consistent with the long travel times and limited public transport options available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 64% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the 7.4% national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Axedale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.1% acting as the driver. Those working from home make up 13.9% of the workforce, which is far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
13.9% ▲ +89.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 a single bus route with two stops. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the 63 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.03
Higher than 65% 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).
63.0
Higher than 64% 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.
Getting around is slow, with a 104-minute drive time to the city. Reaching the nearest transport stop is also difficult, as the 51-minute walk is much higher than in most areas.
51
Higher than 80% 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.
104
Higher than 71% 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 Axedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20093/axedale/topic/transport