1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Buxton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High levels of vehicle ownership and public transport access mark the transport landscape in Buxton. While most households have multiple cars, the area has more transport stops per person than most similar places. This combination highlights a heavy reliance on private cars despite the available infrastructure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few people here go without a car, with only 1.3% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, as 65.8% of homes own either two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Buxton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 56.3% of people as the main driver. About 18.3% of residents work from home, a figure that is a little below the national average.
18.3% ▲ +140.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Buxton has 8.46 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.46
Higher than 86% 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).
94.8
Higher than 68% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 to the city takes about 82 minutes. For those using public transport, the usual walk to the nearest stop takes around 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% 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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20431/buxton/topic/transport