1.5% ▲ +67.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Little River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Little River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes lack a car in Little River than in most of the country, with only 1.5% of households without one. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area's travel patterns. While public transport options are limited, a high number of people work from home compared to the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 40.5% having two and 25.9% owning four or more. This explains why the proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Little River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 24.5% of residents, a figure well above the national average of 21%. For those who travel, 53.2% drive as the main driver, while only 1.3% use public transport.
24.5% ▲ +213.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 almost entirely based on trains, which make up 99.6% of services. While there are more stops and routes than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.48
Higher than 63% 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).
338.5
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.
The drive time to the city is 42 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
42
Lower than 66% 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 Little River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21520/little-river/topic/transport