2.3% ▼ -81.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elmore · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elmore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Elmore rely on private cars than in most similar areas. Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy dependence on cars is clear in the way people get to work and the long travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 35.9% owning two and 14.9% owning three. Very few households get by without a vehicle, at just 2.3%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Elmore splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61% of people as the driver. Working from home is less common here than in most areas, at 13%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
13.0% ▲ +58.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
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: 1.3%
- 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 Elmore has 3 stops and 5 routes—more than many similar areas—the service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.54
Higher than 72% 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).
125.1
Higher than 71% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting around is challenging, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 36 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in most areas, taking 117 minutes.
36
Higher than 71% 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.
117
Higher than 79% 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 Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20862/elmore/topic/transport