1.2% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chum Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in Chum Creek, creating a huge gap compared to the rest of Victoria. Residents rely almost entirely on private cars to get around, with only 1.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 58% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This explains why the share of homes without a car is well below both the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chum Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.6% of residents. About 20.1% work from home, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas.
20.1% ▲ +268.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
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: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. Consequently, the number of people reachable by transit is zero, which is 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 70 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
70
Higher than 91% 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)).
- 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 Chum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20560/chum-creek/topic/transport