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.
Ercildoune · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ercildoune
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift towards remote work has changed how people in Ercildoune move, with 35.1% of the workforce now operating from home. This is far above the national figure and reflects a highly car-dependent area where public transport is non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Ercildoune has a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national rates. Most households have two vehicles, and 14.3% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ercildoune, 2 vehicles is the majority at 61%; 1 vehicle is next at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work. Instead, 59.5% of workers drive and 35.1% work from home, a rate far above the Australian average.
35.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 to the city is a lengthy trip, with a drive time of 124 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
124
Higher than 83% 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 Ercildoune [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20880/ercildoune/topic/transport