Garvoc · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Garvoc

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Private cars are essential for getting around Garvoc, where every single home owns at least one vehicle. This reliance on driving is a defining feature of the area, as there are no public transport options available for residents.

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📍 Garvoc, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household in Garvoc has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for homes without cars. Most homes own multiple vehicles, with 34.9% having two and nearly 20% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Garvoc, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.5% of residents, while 22.1% work from home. This level of working from home is higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the national figure.

22.1% ▼ -6.5%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.7%
  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 22.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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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.

How people get to work

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In Garvoc, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Garvoc, leaving it far below the state average for transit access. Consequently, no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Garvoc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20969/garvoc/topic/transport