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.
Chapple Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chapple Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A nearly three-hour drive to the city defines the remoteness of Chapple Vale. This sparsely populated area has no public transport options, meaning residents rely almost entirely on private vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 45%, ahead of 1 vehicle (36%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chapple Vale, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 31%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 2 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 75%, ahead of Worked at home (56%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This puts Chapple Vale far below the Victorian average for both stops and weekly departures 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).
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.
The commute is significant, with the drive time to the city taking 168 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas of this type.
168
Higher than 93% 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
- 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 Chapple Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20531/chapple-vale/topic/transport