1.2% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Longford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Longford relies on a car to get around. Very few people work from home or use public transport, with only 1.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, and 84.4% of households own two or more vehicles. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Victorian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Longford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.5% of people being the driver. Very few people use public transport or work from home, with the latter being far below the national figure.
10.8% ▲ +133.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Longford has more public transport stops than most similar areas, service is rare. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and all services are by bus.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.70
Higher than 76% 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).
28.2
Higher than 60% 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.
Accessing public transport is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 84 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area.
84
Higher 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.
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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21536/longford/topic/transport