0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Porcupine Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Porcupine Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every household in Porcupine Ridge relies on a car, with no homes reporting a lack of motor vehicles. This makes the area stand out compared to the state and national figures, where about 7% of homes typically have no car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 49.2% of homes owning two vehicles and nearly 10% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Porcupine Ridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Since no one uses public transport to commute, many people find other options; 23.4% work from home, which is a little above the national figure.
23.4% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is nonexistent in the area, with zero stops and routes, leaving it far below the Victorian average for transit access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 83 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
83
Higher than 58% 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)).
- 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 Porcupine Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22101/porcupine-ridge/topic/transport