3.8% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Quambatook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Quambatook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Quambatook relies on a car to get around, as the area has a very low rate of households without a vehicle. While some people work from home, the vast majority of the community depends on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most households are well equipped, with 43.8% owning one car and 28.6% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Quambatook, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes using public transport, as over half of workers drive themselves to work. Another 22% of people work from home, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
22.0% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 town is served by a single bus route with one stop, meaning there are 4.37 stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
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.
4.37
Higher than 75% 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).
26.2
Higher than 60% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to public transport is a challenge here, as it takes a typical 25 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most similar areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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 Quambatook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22131/quambatook/topic/transport