8.1% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carrum · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carrum
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Carrum than in the past, with 26.9% of residents doing so. This is well above the national figure and reflects a shift in how the local workforce operates. While car travel remains common, the area is exceptionally well-connected by public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of homes in Carrum have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle (41.2%) or two (38.9%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Carrum splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, but 26.9% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average. Public transport use for commuting is 3.1%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
26.9% ▲ +851.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -63.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Carrum is very well served by transit, with 30 stops and 7 routes, ranking among the highest for accessibility. Despite this, the transit time to the city is 86 minutes, which is among the highest for this level of area.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.08
Higher than 86% 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).
1,721.6
Higher than 90% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,032
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
98,580
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
86
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 34 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
34
Lower 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Carrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20507/carrum/topic/transport