Elliminyt · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Elliminyt

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

A heavy reliance on cars defines travel in Elliminyt, where almost every household owns a vehicle. While the area has a high number of bus stops relative to its size, very few people actually use public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 44.8% of homes having two vehicles and 12.4% owning four or more. Only 1.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

1.3% ▼ -60.7%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Elliminyt, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive, with 71.1% as the primary driver and 5% as passengers. Only 7.4% work from home, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.

7.4% ▲ +122.9%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 7.4%

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

0.2% ▼ -71.1%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Elliminyt, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 17 bus stops and one route, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.

5.21

Higher than 78% 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).

209.8

Higher than 73% 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 into the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 102 minutes. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 10 minutes.

10

Lower than 54% 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.

102

Higher than 70% 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 Elliminyt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20859/elliminyt/topic/transport