Crossley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Crossley

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

Not a single home in Crossley lacks a motor vehicle, a striking gap compared to the 7.6% of Victorian households without one. This heavy reliance on cars defines how people move in this area. Most residents depend on their own transport to get around and get to work.

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📍 Crossley, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 31.3% of homes owning three vehicles and 10.8% having four or more. This explains why no households in the area are without a motor vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Crossley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (34%) and 1 vehicle (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.7% of residents. While 17.5% work from home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and no one commutes using public transport.

17.5% ▲ +93.1%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 17.5%

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: 1.6%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Crossley, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

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

There are 17.02 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average, though all four stops are for buses. However, the number of weekly departures is much lower than in most other areas.

17.02

Higher than 91% 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).

578.7

Higher than 80% 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 stop is a challenge in Crossley, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 41 minutes. This is much higher than in most other similar areas.

41

Higher than 74% 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.

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 Crossley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20678/crossley/topic/transport