2.9% ▼ -47.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cardross · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cardross
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 42% of homes in Cardross have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. This is a highly car-dependent area where public transport is almost entirely absent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car, with only 2.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cardross, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main choice for travel, with 67.4% of people driving to work. Only 11.9% of people work from home, which is far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
11.9% ▲ +86.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 65 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
65
Higher than 88% 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.
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).
More for Cardross
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cardross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20488/cardross/topic/transport