Redesdale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Redesdale

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

Almost 40% of homes in Redesdale have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. This is a rural area where most residents rely on their own transport for daily needs, and very few have any access to public options.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 36% having three or more vehicles. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

3.2% ▼ -12.0%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Redesdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, and 22.6% work from home. No one uses public transport to get to their job, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.

22.6% ▲ +39.1%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.2%
  • 2016: 15.7%
  • 2021: 22.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Redesdale, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves the community with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Victorian average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 127 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

127

Higher than 85% 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 Redesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22154/redesdale/topic/transport