3.1% ▲ +107.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Campbell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Campbell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes rely on cars in Port Campbell than the state average, with only 3.1% of households owning no vehicle. However, this is a place where almost everyone depends on a car for travel, as no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 37% of homes having two vehicles and 32.7% owning three or more. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Campbell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Port Campbell uses public transport for their commute, and 55.6% drive to work. This is a contrast to the 19.1% who work from home, a figure that is a little below the national average.
19.1% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
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: 1.3%
- 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.
While there are 6.82 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state average—actual service is very low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, with all services provided by buses.
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.
6.82
Higher than 85% 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).
31.8
Higher than 61% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 66 minutes.
66
Higher than 89% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Campbell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22104/port-campbell/topic/transport