5.2% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Churchill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Churchill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift in how people travel is evident in Churchill, where 11.2% of workers now operate from home. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, most residents still rely on cars to get around. This reflects a community that is mostly car-dependent despite having good access to local bus services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Churchill have one or two cars, with 38.5% owning one and 38.2% owning two. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Churchill splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.2% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people use public transport for their commute (0.8%), and the 11.2% who work from home is far below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
11.2% ▲ +321.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Churchill has 29 public transport stops and 12 routes, meaning there are 5.89 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Victoria figure.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.89
Higher than 81% 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).
1,006.1
Higher than 86% 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).
12
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 takes 101 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. On the other hand, the walk to the nearest transport stop is only 6 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
6
Lower 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.
101
Higher than 70% 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 Churchill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20561/churchill/topic/transport