0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chewton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chewton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Chewton drive to work, and car ownership is nearly universal here. While many people commute by car, a striking 28.1% of the workforce now works from home, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Chewton has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and Australian figures, where around 7% of households typically have no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chewton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 28.1% of people doing so, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 2.1% of residents use public transport for their commute.
28.1% ▲ +185.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Chewton has 11.8 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the Victorian figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.80
Higher than 88% 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).
287.0
Higher than 74% 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.
It takes most residents about 27 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is higher than in most areas. The drive time to the city is around 78 minutes.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
78
Higher than 55% 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 Chewton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20547/chewton/topic/transport