3.2% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carisbrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carisbrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long 110-minute drive to the city defines the commute for Carisbrook, where most residents rely heavily on their own cars. While very few homes lack a vehicle, public transport is rare and the walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 38.4% owning two and 14.5% owning four or more. Only 3.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carisbrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 69.3% of residents. Very few people work from home at 7.6%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
7.6% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Bus services are the only public transport option here, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average. With four stops and two routes, the area has more transit options than many similar places.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.36
Higher than 71% 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).
41.9
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).
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.
Getting around is challenging without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 34 minutes. This is higher than in most other areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
110
Higher than 75% 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 Carisbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20492/carisbrook/topic/transport