0.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Officer South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Officer South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Officer South owns a car, making the area heavily dependent on driving for daily life. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with 57.2% of workers driving themselves and another 24.5% working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 0.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Officer South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 24.5% of residents, a figure well above the Australian average. Only 0.7% of people commute by public transport, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.9%.
24.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 more public transport stops than most similar places, it remains poorly connected as no residents can reach others via transit within 45 minutes. All available services are bus routes.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.59
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).
403.8
Higher than 77% 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).
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.
Getting around is dominated by the car, with a 46-minute drive to the city. Walking to the nearest stop takes 36 minutes, which is longer than in most areas.
36
Higher 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.
46
Lower than 64% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22007/officer-south/topic/transport