6.3% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carrajung Lower · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carrajung Lower
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few things have changed in how people move through Carrajung Lower, where cars remain the primary way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, the long drive time to the city highlights its rural nature.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 66.7% owning either two or three vehicles. Only 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carrajung Lower, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.4% of residents, while 14.6% work from home. Nobody here uses public transport for their commute, which is well below the Australian average.
14.6% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 31 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. However, the 589 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and only buses operate here.
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.
31.01
Higher than 98% 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).
589.1
Higher than 80% 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 to the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 134 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop takes about 22 minutes, also higher than in most similar places.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
134
Higher than 87% 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 Carrajung Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20503/carrajung-lower/topic/transport