0.7% ▼ -39.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cranbourne South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cranbourne South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Cranbourne South has a car, with 99.3% of households owning at least one vehicle. This makes the area heavily dependent on driving, which is reflected in the very low number of people who use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 44.1% owning two and 17.1% owning four or more. Only 0.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cranbourne South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.7% of people commuting as a driver. Only 0.7% use public transport, and 18.3% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21.0%.
18.3% ▲ +131.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -65.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 there are 8 public transport stops and 2 routes, all services are buses. Despite having more stops than most similar areas, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.47
Higher than 67% 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).
656.0
Higher than 81% 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).
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.
The drive time to the city is 42 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes 26 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most other places.
26
Higher than 63% 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)).
- 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 Cranbourne South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20665/cranbourne-south/topic/transport