1.4% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Officer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Officer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift towards private travel defines Officer, where only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community heavily reliant on cars to get around. While public transport options have grown, the area remains dominated by road travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and 12.6% having three. Only 1.4% of households go without a motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Officer, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 57.7% of residents. Working from home is also common at 21.8%, which is higher than most similar areas, while only 2% of people commute by public transport.
21.8% ▲ +239.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -51.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Officer has 49 public transport stops and 6 routes, making it one of the largest for its size. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and the number of weekly departures is also much lower than the state figure.
49
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.65
Higher than 68% 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).
330.8
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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Officer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22006/officer/topic/transport