0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Homewood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Homewood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
An 86-minute drive to the city defines the commute for those in Homewood. This is a car-dependent area where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. Because there are no local public transport options, residents rely almost entirely on their own cars or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Homewood has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures where some households have none. Over half of these homes own two vehicles, while 14.3% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Homewood, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 33%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 20.6% of people work from home, a rate that is higher than most similar areas. For those who do travel, the car is the only option, as no one uses public transport to get to work.
20.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 non-existent here, with no routes or stops serving the area. This lack of access is far below the state average for both the number of 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 around is limited to private travel, with a typical drive time of 86 minutes to reach the city, which is higher than in most similar areas.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Homewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21200/homewood/topic/transport