Cambrian Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cambrian Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Not a single home in Cambrian Hill lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where almost everyone drives or works from home. The area is very isolated from public transport, with no local stops or routes available.

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📍 Cambrian Hill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 37.1% having three vehicles and 34.8% having two. This heavy car ownership means no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Cambrian Hill splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 4 or more at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.2% of residents. Another 19.7% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is still well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

19.7% ▲ +278.6%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 19.7%

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: 2.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Cambrian Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes or stops. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is a slow process, with a 56-minute walk to the nearest stop being much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also high at 85 minutes.

56

Higher than 83% 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.

85

Higher than 60% 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 Cambrian Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20454/cambrian-hill/topic/transport