9.8% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Geelong West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Geelong West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of public transport access and home working set Geelong West apart from similar areas. While most households rely on cars, about 10% of homes here do not own a motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households own either one vehicle (44.4%) or two (34.9%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Geelong West, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 26% of people doing so—well above the national figure of 21%. Only 1.7% of workers use public transport to get to work, which is much higher than most similar areas.
26.0% ▲ +848.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -71.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
The area has excellent transit links, with 33 stops and 4 routes, making it one of the highest ranked for access. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 1,620.3, which is well above the Victorian figure.
33
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.49
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).
1,620.3
Higher than 90% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 around is relatively easy, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is lower than most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
52
Lower than 61% 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 Geelong West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20974/geelong-west/topic/transport