3.2% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Black Rock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Black Rock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work in Black Rock, where 42.2% of people do so. This is far above the national figure of 21.0%. While the area has high numbers of public transport stops and services, most residents still rely heavily on cars or their own homes for their daily routines.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here are without a car, with only 3.2% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian average of 7.6%, and the most common setup is two vehicles per household.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Black Rock, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is very popular here, with 42.2% of people working from home, which is far above the 25.7% seen across Victoria. Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average.
42.2% ▲ +444.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -84.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Black Rock is well served with 26 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than most similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level, though the transit time to the city is higher than most areas.
26
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.07
Higher than 74% 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).
1,748.6
Higher than 90% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
31,379
Higher than 84% 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).
97,973
Higher than 78% 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).
68
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick at 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a much shorter walk to the nearest stop than most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Black Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20251/black-rock/topic/transport