0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Colbinabbin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Colbinabbin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Colbinabbin has at least one motor vehicle, marking a stark contrast to the 7.6% of Victorian households without one. This total reliance on cars defines the local transport landscape in an area where most people must drive to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 74.5% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Colbinabbin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.4% of residents, while 11.7% walk. Far fewer people work from home here (16.1%) compared to the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.1% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
While the area has 14.04 public transport stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—these are only bus services. Despite the number of stops, weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.04
Higher than 89% 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).
84.2
Higher than 67% 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.
Getting into the city is a long trip, taking 110 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas, and the walk to the nearest stop takes 36 minutes, which is also higher than most areas.
36
Higher than 71% 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.
110
Higher than 75% 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 Colbinabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20611/colbinabbin/topic/transport