6.8% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Manifold Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Manifold Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward working from home has shaped travel in Manifold Heights, where 23.1% of people now avoid a daily commute. The area is well-served by public transport, with 17 stops providing a level of access far above most similar places. This makes it an accessible pocket of Greater Geelong for those who do not rely on a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 40.4% owning two vehicles. About 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas but about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Manifold Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, but 23.1% work from home, a figure a little above the national average. Only 1.6% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state and national averages.
23.1% ▲ +715.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -67.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Public transport access is strong here, with 6.34 stops per 1,000 people, well above the Victorian figure. The area is served by three bus routes, with 1,216 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.34
Higher than 83% 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).
1,216.0
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting around is convenient, with a typical walk of just 4 minutes to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 51 minutes, also lower than most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Manifold Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21593/manifold-heights/topic/transport