1.8% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McCrae · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McCrae
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most areas like McCrae have fewer people reachable by public transport, but this suburb stands out with 10 stops and 2 routes. While transit options are available, the area is heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. Only 1.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 45.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.3% owning three. Very few households get by without a car, a rate well below the 7.4% seen across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McCrae, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is popular, with 23% of residents doing so, which is a little above the national figure. Most others drive, as only 0.8% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
23.0% ▲ +356.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +54.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 3.02 stops per 1,000 people, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the Victorian average. All public transport is provided by buses, with 965 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.02
Higher than 69% 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).
965.0
Higher than 86% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 13 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for its level. A trip to the city typically takes 59 minutes by car.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
59
Lower than 57% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 McCrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21625/mccrae/topic/transport