0.7% ▼ -57.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Flinders · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Flinders
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Flinders than in most similar areas, with 34.8% of the workforce doing so. This shift towards home-based work helps explain why almost no one here commutes using public transport. The area is heavily reliant on private cars, with nearly half of all homes owning at least two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household has a car, and 48.3% own two vehicles. Only 0.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Flinders, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 34.8%, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Consequently, 0.0% of the workforce commutes via public transport, a figure well below the national average.
34.8% ▲ +136.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 34.8%
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: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 5 public transport stops and one bus route, these are not well-used; the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.42
Higher than 75% 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).
106.2
Higher than 69% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop can take up to 60 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas. The drive time to the city is typically 68 minutes.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
68
Lower than 51% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20930/flinders/topic/transport