Inverleigh · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Inverleigh

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Fewer than 1% of homes lack a car in Inverleigh, making it more dependent on private vehicles than most similar areas. This reliance is reflected in the commute, where almost no one uses public transport to get to work. While some residents work from home, the vast majority rely on their own cars for daily travel.

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📍 Inverleigh, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 42.6% owning two and 24.5% owning three. Only 0.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.

0.7% ▼ -71.5%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 0.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Inverleigh, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 58.8% of people as the driver. About 20.7% of the workforce works from home, while 0.0% use public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure.

20.7% ▲ +206.5%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 20.7%

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: 1.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Inverleigh, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There is only one bus route and one stop serving the area. This results in 1.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average of 1,267.9.

0.57

Higher than 59% 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).

1.1

Higher than 57% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 69 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. It takes typically 70 minutes to drive to the city.

69

Higher than 90% 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.

70

Higher than 50% 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 Inverleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21234/inverleigh/topic/transport