1.7% ▼ -62.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Raymond Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Raymond Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strikingly high number of residents work from home in Raymond Island, which is much more common here than in most similar areas. While 21.1% of workers stay on the island for their jobs, very few people lack a car. Almost every household owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages. Most households have one or two cars, with 42.3% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Raymond Island splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (43%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a key trend here, with 21.1% of people doing so. Others primarily rely on cars, while 5.6% walk to work and 3.1% use public transport.
21.1% ▲ +103.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 almost non-existent on the island, with no routes or stops available. This means access is far below the Victorian average.
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 to the nearest transport stop is a challenge, with a typical walk taking 32 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
32
Higher than 68% 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 Raymond Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Raymond Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22145/raymond-island/topic/transport