26.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Major Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Major Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Major Plains than the national average, with zero residents commuting via transit. Instead, this area sees a high number of people working from home, a figure that sits well above the Australian average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 43%, ahead of 2 vehicles (36%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Major Plains, 4 or more is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 45%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over a quarter of workers in Major Plains work from home, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 21%. The rest of the workforce relies on cars, as no one uses public transport to get to work.
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Major Plains. This leaves the area far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Major Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21581/major-plains/topic/transport