2.9% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Peterborough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Peterborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on private cars defines the way people move around Peterborough (Vic.). While the area has a few public transport options, almost no one uses them to get to work, with 64.1% of workers driving. Most households are well-equipped for travel, as 42.3% own two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, with only 2.9% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Peterborough, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person commutes via public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, most drive or work from home, with the latter accounting for 21.8% of the workforce.
21.8% ▲ +145.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are 15.53 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, these five bus stops provide very few services, with weekly departures far below the state figure.
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.
15.53
Higher than 90% 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).
62.1
Higher than 64% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 51 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
51
Higher than 80% 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.
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).
More for Peterborough
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22062/peterborough/topic/transport