2.6% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gormandale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gormandale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few residents in Gormandale rely on public transport to get around, with 0% of workers using it for their daily commute. This rural area is heavily dependent on cars, as 62.5% of people drive themselves to work. While there are a few bus stops available, the vast distance to the city makes private vehicles essential.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Gormandale has a car, with only 2.6% of households lacking one. This is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most families own multiple vehicles, and 16.4% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gormandale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 16% of people work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21%. No one in the area uses public transport for their commute.
16.0% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 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.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Gormandale has 6.17 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, these two bus routes are infrequent, with weekly departures far below the Victorian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.17
Higher than 82% 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).
234.6
Higher than 73% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 long trip, with a typical drive time of 135 minutes. Access is further limited by the walk to the nearest stop, which takes 78 minutes and is among the highest for similar areas.
78
Higher than 95% 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.
135
Higher than 87% 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 Gormandale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21074/gormandale/topic/transport