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.
Elaine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elaine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 65% of workers in Elaine drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, and most households own two or more.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Around 36.6% of households own two vehicles, and another 23.2% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elaine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, at 12.0%, which is far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
12.0% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Elaine has 4.31 stops per 1,000 people—about the same as the state average—the actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, with only bus services available.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.31
Higher than 75% 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).
181.0
Higher than 72% 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.
It takes about 78 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is around the middle for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
78
Higher than 55% 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 Elaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20851/elaine/topic/transport