4.6% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ceres · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ceres
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Ceres have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people move around. This is a highly car-dependent area where almost 29% of workers operate from home and no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 18.4% having three vehicles and another 18.4% owning four or more. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ceres, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (17%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 28.9%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure well below the state and national averages.
28.9% ▲ +423.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
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: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
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 around is challenging without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 40 minutes. The typical drive time to the city is 56 minutes.
40
Higher than 74% 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.
56
Lower than 58% 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 Ceres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20527/ceres/topic/transport