1.8% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gisborne · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gisborne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance remains the dominant way to move around Gisborne, where only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. While public transport infrastructure is available, the vast majority of residents rely on private cars or working from home to get through their day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Gisborne has a car, with 46.4% owning two vehicles and 11.8% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gisborne, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over a quarter of the workforce (25.2%) works from home, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. For those who do travel, 53.2% drive as the driver, while only 0.8% use public transport.
25.2% ▲ +348.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -73.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Gisborne has 54 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is among the largest number of stops for areas of its size. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
54
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.32
Higher than 79% 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).
711.7
Higher than 82% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 39 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have relatively quick access to transit, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
39
Lower than 68% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Gisborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21001/gisborne/topic/transport