2.8% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rhyll · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rhyll
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Rhyll, where very few households get by without one. While public transport stops are common, the long drive to the city and a long walk to the nearest stop make the car the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Rhyll has a car, with 44.4% owning two and 14.6% owning three. Only 2.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rhyll, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 21% work from home, a figure about the same as the national average. Only 1.8% use public transport to commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.
21.0% ▲ +82.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▲ +79.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
The area has 12 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is far above the Victorian average for stops per person. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.35
Higher than 89% 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).
277.5
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 can be slow, as the drive time to the city is higher than most areas at 92 minutes. Walking to the nearest stop also takes longer than usual, with a typical walk of 34 minutes.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Rhyll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22164/rhyll/topic/transport