Carlyle · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Carlyle

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

Every single home in Carlyle has at least one motor vehicle, making it stand out compared to most other areas. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people get to work, with no one using public transport to commute.

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📍 Carlyle, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The area is very car-dependent, with 53.8% of homes having two vehicles and 23.1% owning four or more. This means the proportion of homes without a car is 0.0%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Carlyle, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 25.0% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. For those who leave the house, 68.2% drive themselves to work.

25.0%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Carlyle, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent in Carlyle, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the state average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

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 to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walk taking 67 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.

67

Higher than 89% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carlyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20497/carlyle/topic/transport