0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erica · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Erica
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Erica has at least one motor vehicle, making car ownership essential for daily life. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Motor vehicles are common here, with 18.1% of households owning three cars and another 18.1% owning four or more. This means the 0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erica, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, while 15.8% work from home. This figure for working from home is well below the 21% national average, and no one in the area commutes via public transport.
15.8% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in Erica, with zero stops and routes. This puts the area far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
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 into the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 109 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
109
Higher than 74% 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).
More for Erica
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Erica [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20881/erica/topic/transport