1.1% ▼ -54.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Neerim South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Neerim South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 60% of working residents in Neerim South drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is a place where very few people get by without a vehicle, and the distance to the city makes private transport essential.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 42.4% having two and 18.3% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Neerim South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is done by 17.9% of the workforce, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.4%.
17.9% ▲ +77.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -70.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
While the area has 5 public transport stops—more than 77% of similar areas—service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and only buses operate here.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.13
Higher than 70% 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).
31.3
Higher than 61% 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.
Getting around is challenging, with a walk to the nearest stop taking up to 81 minutes. The drive time to the city is 127 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
127
Higher than 85% 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 Neerim South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21911/neerim-south/topic/transport