Gerangamete · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Gerangamete

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

A huge 43.9% of workers in Gerangamete now work from home, far above the national figure of 21%. This shift toward remote work helps explain why the area relies so heavily on private cars and has no active public transport options.

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📍 Gerangamete, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Gerangamete has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6% for households without a car. Most homes are well-equipped, with 38.2% having two vehicles and 29.4% owning four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Gerangamete, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with a rate far above the 25.7% seen across Victoria. For those who do leave for work, the car is the only choice, as 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport.

43.9%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 34.0%
  • 2021: 43.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Gerangamete, Car (driver) is the majority at 52%; Worked at home is next at 42%.

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 leaves Gerangamete far below the state average for weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The area is quite remote, with a typical drive time of 110 minutes to reach the city, which is much higher than most similar areas.

110

Higher than 75% 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 Gerangamete [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20985/gerangamete/topic/transport