0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gisborne South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gisborne South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Gisborne South is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the Victorian and national rates. This total reliance on cars defines the area, where most households own two or more vehicles and very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 88.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles. No households in the area are without a car, which is well below the 7.6% statewide figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gisborne South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 27.5% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Only 0.9% of residents use public transport for their commute, a rate slightly below the state and national averages.
27.5% ▲ +265.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 largely unavailable, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This puts the number of stops per 1,000 people far below the Victorian figure of 4.41.
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).
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.
The drive to the city takes about 36 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 66 minutes, a time much higher than most other areas.
66
Higher than 89% 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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21002/gisborne-south/topic/transport