Corio · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Corio

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than 1,400 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Corio better served for transit than most similar areas. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a high number of transport stops and routes relative to its size.

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📍 Corio, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 9.4% of homes in Corio have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own one or two vehicles.

9.4% ▼ -20.6%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 10.5%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Corio, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 7.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most workers drive themselves, with 66% of the workforce commuting by car as the driver.

7.9% ▲ +681.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.5% ▼ -28.4%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Corio, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is widely available with 77 stops and 8 routes, among the largest for an area of this type. Bus services dominate the network, accounting for 97.9% of the available modes.

4.97

Higher than 77% 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).

1,449.2

Higher than 89% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a transit stop is very easy here, with a typical walking time of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 42 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.

1

Lower than 99% 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.

42

Lower than 66% 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 Corio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20640/corio/topic/transport