3.6% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maindample · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maindample
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few things have changed in how people move around Maindample, but car reliance remains the dominant story. Most homes own at least two vehicles, and the typical journey to the city takes over two hours.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 50.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.3% having four or more. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maindample, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.8% of residents. While 16.0% work from home, this is well below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
16.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
Maindample has 8.37 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 108.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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.
8.37
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).
108.8
Higher than 69% 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 area is remote, with a drive time to the city of 124 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest stop takes about 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
124
Higher than 83% 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).
More for Maindample
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maindample [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21579/maindample/topic/transport