Ranceby · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Ranceby

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A shift towards remote work has become a defining feature of Ranceby, where 57.1% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure and highlights a local reliance on private cars over public services. The area is almost entirely dependent on vehicles, with no households lacking a motor vehicle.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Ranceby has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most households are heavily equipped, with 31% owning four or more vehicles.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Ranceby splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (32%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with 3 vehicles at 29%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here at 57.1%, which is far above the typical Australian experience. In contrast, nobody in the area uses public transport to get to work.

57.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 43.3%
  • 2021: 57.1%

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.

How people get to work

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In Ranceby, Worked at home is the majority at 65%; Car (driver) is next at 19%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes or stops in Ranceby, leaving the area far below the Victorian average for transit access.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is entirely based on private travel, as it takes 60 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. The drive time to the city is 83 minutes.

60

Higher than 85% 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.

83

Higher than 58% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ranceby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22138/ranceby/topic/transport