0.5% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Plenty · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Plenty
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Plenty than in most similar areas, with 26.7% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of remote work is paired with a strong reliance on private cars for those who do commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 0.5% having none, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped, as 88.1% of homes own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Plenty, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while only 0.6% use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average of 3.1%.
26.7% ▲ +346.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -70.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 11 stops and 4 routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being far above the Victorian figure. Despite this, all available public transport is provided by buses.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.27
Higher than 75% 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).
2,669.1
Higher than 95% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
40,732
Higher than 61% 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 drive time to the city is 27 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22084/plenty/topic/transport