2.7% ▼ -60.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gunbower · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gunbower
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are now using their own cars to get around Gunbower than in previous years. This dependence on vehicles is clear, with 97.3% of homes owning at least one motor vehicle. While the area has several transport stops, very few people use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well equipped, with 37.4% owning two cars and 14.9% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gunbower, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 63% of workers drive and 12.2% work from home, though this last group is far below the state average of 25.7%.
12.2% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
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.
Gunbower has 4 bus routes and 4 stops, which is more than 85% of similar areas. However, the 79.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.92
Higher than 85% 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).
79.6
Higher than 66% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 nearest stop is quick for locals, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
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 Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21117/gunbower/topic/transport