0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Franklin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Franklin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 122-minute drive to the city defines the isolation of Port Franklin. This sparsely populated area relies entirely on private cars, with no one without a vehicle and no public transport options available locally.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Port Franklin has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for households without one. More than half of the homes have two vehicles, while 22.5% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Franklin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.8% of residents. About 15.4% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
15.4% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the state average of 1,267.9 per 1,000 people.
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.
Getting around is challenging, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 81 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
122
Higher than 82% 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).
More for Port Franklin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22106/port-franklin/topic/transport