0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elphinstone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elphinstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Elphinstone owns a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life in this rural area. With very few people using public transport, most residents rely on driving or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home here is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households own two cars, while 15.7% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elphinstone, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.2% of residents. Working from home is also common at 23.9%, which is a little above the national figure of 21%.
23.9% ▲ +114.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
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: 3.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
There are two public transport stops and one bus route, but weekly departures are far below the state average. This means that while some infrastructure exists, service is very limited.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.16
Higher than 70% 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).
71.1
Higher than 65% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Reaching the city takes about 72 minutes by car. For those without a vehicle, the walk to the nearest stop takes 75 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.
75
Higher than 94% 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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 Elphinstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20863/elphinstone/topic/transport