0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gillieston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gillieston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Gillieston has at least one motor vehicle, with 40% of households owning two. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, as residents have no local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, as 0% of homes lack a vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have multiple cars, with 40% owning two and 15% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gillieston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 3 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 48% of people commuting as a driver. About 16% of workers stay at home, which is well below the national figure of 21%.
16.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 completely unavailable in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This puts Gillieston far below the Victorian average for both stops and weekly departures.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 128 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
128
Higher than 85% 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 Gillieston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20996/gillieston/topic/transport