7.3% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Camperdown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Camperdown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people work from home in Camperdown, where only 8.1% of the workforce does so. This is far below both the state and national figures, reflecting a community that mostly relies on commuting to local or nearby jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Camperdown splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 66.4% of residents. Only 0.4% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
8.1% ▲ +55.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +70.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 used by some, with buses making up 55.7% of trips and trains 44.3%. While the number of stops and routes is higher than in most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.79
Higher than 64% 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).
47.1
Higher than 62% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes a typical resident 123 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than in most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 56% 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.
123
Higher than 82% 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 Camperdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20460/camperdown/topic/transport