0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ravenswood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single household in Ravenswood has access to a motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the lack of public transport and the long drive times needed to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 67% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This is much lower than the Victorian figure of 7.6% for homes with no car, as no one in the area is without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ravenswood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 60% of workers drive themselves to work, while 19.7% work from home. This home-working rate is higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the national figure of 21%.
19.7% ▲ +108.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes. This leaves the community far below the Victorian average of 1,268 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.
Getting around is a challenge, with a 90-minute drive to the city. This distance is mirrored by the lack of nearby transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 83 minutes.
83
Higher than 98% 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.
90
Higher than 63% 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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22142/ravenswood/topic/transport