4.5% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rainbow · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rainbow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport separates Rainbow from the rest of Victoria, where the typical trip to a stop takes a much longer 46 minutes. This remote setting makes private cars essential, as the vast majority of households own at least one vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 50% of homes in Rainbow owning three or more vehicles. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rainbow, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Rainbow commutes to work using public transport. Most people drive themselves, while 14.7% work from home, a figure that is far below the Victorian average.
14.7% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure.
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.
1.49
Higher than 63% 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).
6.0
Higher than 58% 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 significant challenge here. The typical time it takes to walk to the nearest stop is 46 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
46
Higher than 77% 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).
More for Rainbow
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rainbow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22137/rainbow/topic/transport