1.1% ▼ -70.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jackass Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jackass Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all households in Jackass Flat have two motor vehicles. This is a car-dependent area where very few people work from home or use public transport, and most residents face a long drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 77% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jackass Flat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71% of people acting as the driver. Only 9.8% of residents work from home, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
9.8% ▲ +145.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -86.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While there are 8 public transport stops and 2 bus routes—more than many similar areas—the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.20
Higher than 74% 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).
323.0
Higher than 75% 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 takes a long time, with a typical drive of 104 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
104
Higher than 71% 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 Jackass Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21250/jackass-flat/topic/transport