30.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Purnim West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Purnim West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly a third of workers in Purnim West work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. This sparsely populated area relies almost entirely on private vehicles or home-based work, as there are no public transport options available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 38%, ahead of 2 vehicles (31%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Purnim West, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 30.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas. This helps explain why 0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average.
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 routes or stops in Purnim West. This puts the area far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures 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.
Access to transit is very limited, with the typical walk to the nearest stop taking 78 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this type.
78
Higher than 95% 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 Purnim West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22128/purnim-west/topic/transport