5.1% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Leo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Point Leo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is far more common in Point Leo than in the rest of the country, with 36.8% of workers doing so. This reliance on home-based work defines the local transport landscape, as almost no one uses public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 47.5% owning two and 20.3% owning four or more. Only 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Point Leo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in the area uses public transport to commute, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.1%. Instead, 44.8% drive to work, while 36.8% work from home, which is far above the Victorian average of 25.7%.
36.8% ▲ +439.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 36.8%
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.
The area has a high number of stops per 1,000 people compared to most areas, but weekly departures are far below the Victorian average. While there is one bus route available, no one is reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.62
Higher than 80% 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).
112.4
Higher than 70% 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.
It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for similar areas. The drive time to the city is 64 minutes.
15
Higher 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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 Point Leo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22087/point-leo/topic/transport