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.
Giffard West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Giffard West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single household in Giffard West has at least one motor vehicle, making private cars essential for daily life. This reliance on cars is stark, as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 66.7% of homes owning either three or more vehicles. Not a single household reported having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Giffard West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 3 vehicles (39%), with 4 or more at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get around, with 55.9% of workers commuting by car. Working from home is more common than in most similar areas, with 20.6% of the workforce doing so.
20.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in Giffard West, where there are zero stops and routes. This lack of service is far below the Victoria average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Giffard West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20993/giffard-west/topic/transport