0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ensay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ensay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high proportion of residents now work from home in Ensay, where car ownership is nearly universal. This shift reflects a community that relies almost entirely on private vehicles for travel and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Ensay has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households without a car. Most homes have two vehicles, while 17.6% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ensay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of the country, at 36.6%. For those who do travel, the vast majority drive, and no one uses public transport to get to work.
36.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 there are more stops per person than in the typical Victorian area, actual service is very limited. Weekly departures are far below the state figure, with only one bus route serving the area.
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.
6.45
Higher than 83% 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).
77.4
Higher than 66% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes much longer than in most areas, with a typical trip taking 54 minutes.
54
Higher than 82% 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 Ensay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20875/ensay/topic/transport