8.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Flagstaff · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Flagstaff
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport in Flagstaff, making it an outlier compared to similar areas. While most households rely on cars, 8.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in the long commute times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, and 21.6% have four or more. While 8.1% of households have no motor vehicle—a figure much higher than most areas—this is about the same as the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Flagstaff, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (19%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Flagstaff works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the Victorian and Australian figures. Instead, almost everyone drives or catches a ride, with 51.7% driving and 17.2% travelling as passengers.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.
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 takes much longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 116 minutes. It is also a long walk to the nearest stop, taking 25 minutes.
25
Higher than 63% 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.
116
Higher than 78% 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 Flagstaff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20927/flagstaff/topic/transport