2.3% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ocean Grove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ocean Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Ocean Grove compared to the state and national figures, with only 2.3% of households without one. Most residents rely heavily on private vehicles to get around, although a significant number of people now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 47% of homes have two vehicles and only 2.3% have none. This lack of carless households is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ocean Grove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drive to work, while 24.5% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Only 0.5% of people use public transport for their commute.
24.5% ▲ +472.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 56 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 296.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
56
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.16
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).
296.8
Higher than 75% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes 6 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. The drive time to the city is around 70 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
70
Higher than 50% 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 Ocean Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22005/ocean-grove/topic/transport