1.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charlemont · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Charlemont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Charlemont, where only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies heavily on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with nearly half of households owning two vehicles. Very few residents go without a car, a trend that is well below the Victoria state average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Charlemont, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.9% of people, while 16.0% work from home. This remote work rate is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
16.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 options are plentiful, with 16 routes and 15 stops serving the area. The number of stops per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian average.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.74
Higher than 80% 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).
1,245.8
Higher than 88% 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).
16
Higher than 86% 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.
It typically takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. The drive time to the city is around 58 minutes, which is typical for areas at this level.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
58
Lower than 57% 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 Charlemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20533/charlemont/topic/transport