0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macs Cove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Macs Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Macs Cove owns a car, making a vehicle essential for daily life. The area is highly car-dependent, though a significant 26.7% of the workforce avoids the commute entirely by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% for homes without one. Over half of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macs Cove, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 1 vehicle is next at 44%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most of those who leave for work travel by car, while 26.7% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the national figure of 21.0%.
26.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
The area has 8.26 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, there are very few departures, with only 16.5 weekly trips per 1,000 people.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.26
Higher than 86% 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).
16.5
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 typical resident faces a 9-minute walk to reach the nearest transport stop, a distance that is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% 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 Macs Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21567/macs-cove/topic/transport