11.2% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Redan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Redan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 11% of homes in Redan have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This is a notable contrast for an area where 60% of workers still rely on driving to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.2% of households do not own a car, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most homes have one or two vehicles, with 46.5% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Redan, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than across Australia, with only 14.2% of the workforce doing so. While 1.9% of people use public transport to get to work, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
14.2% ▲ +361.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 access is very high, with 9 stops per 1,000 people and 27 total stops, both far exceeding state and national levels. This is supported by four different bus routes providing 1,457 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
27
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.00
Higher than 87% 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).
1,457.7
Higher than 89% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 a nearby stop is easier than in most areas, with a typical walk of just 5 minutes. The drive time to the city is 76 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
5
Lower 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.
76
Higher than 54% 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 Redan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22151/redan/topic/transport