Long Gully · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Long Gully

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

Almost 1 in 10 homes in Long Gully have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas. While there are many public transport stops available, very few people actually use them to get to work.

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📍 Long Gully, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Typical households have one or two cars, but 9.5% of homes have no vehicle at all. This is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.

9.5% ▼ -29.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.3%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 9.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Long Gully, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and only 1.2% use public transport. Working from home is far less common here than across the state, with only 9.2% of workers doing so.

9.2% ▲ +435.3%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 9.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.2% ▼ -33.6%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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 Long Gully, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Long Gully has 15 stops and 4 bus routes, which is more than 85% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.

4.39

Higher than 75% 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).

722.2

Higher than 82% 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.

Residents have very quick access to the nearest stop, though the drive time to the city is higher than in most areas.

0

Lower than 99% 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.

97

Higher than 67% 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 Long Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21534/long-gully/topic/transport