2.6% ▼ -51.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cape Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cape Paterson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people here rely on private cars than in most similar areas, with Cape Paterson showing a heavy dependence on driving. While public transport options exist, almost no one uses them to get to work, and the typical trip to the city takes 103 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes go without a car, with only 2.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and the most common setup is two vehicles per household at 41.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cape Paterson splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (40%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58% of residents, while 23.7% work from home. This is a little above the national figure for remote work, but no one in the area commutes using public transport.
23.7% ▲ +846.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 23.7%
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: 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.
The area has 13 bus stops, which is more than 82% of similar areas, but the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.70
Higher than 88% 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).
299.7
Higher than 75% 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 about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for its level. The drive time to the city is 103 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
103
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 Cape Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20473/cape-paterson/topic/transport