0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jack River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jack River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines transport in Jack River, where every single home has at least one motor vehicle. The area is very remote, with a typical drive time to the city taking 146 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household owns a car, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes without one. Most residents have multiple vehicles, with 37.7% owning two and 19.7% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jack River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here; 29.4% of people do so, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Other residents mainly drive, as 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport.
29.4% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures and access levels are far below the Victorian average.
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 requires a private vehicle, as the drive to the city is 146 minutes, one of the longest times for areas at this level.
146
Higher than 89% 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 Jack River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21249/jack-river/topic/transport