1.3% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riddells Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Riddells Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Riddells Creek than in most similar areas, with 24.6% of the workforce doing so. The area is heavily reliant on cars, though it has more public transport routes and stops than many comparable places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with only 1.3% of households owning none. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most homes own two or more vehicles, and 15.5% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Riddells Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drive themselves to work, while 24.6% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Only 1.9% of people commute using public transport.
24.6% ▲ +449.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -70.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 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.
There are more transport routes and stops here than in most similar areas, but 1.14 stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average. Trains are the primary mode, making up 81.7% of services.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.14
Higher than 62% 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).
74.5
Higher than 66% 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).
4,457
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
4,457
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 48 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, the 21-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most comparable places.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
48
Lower 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Riddells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22172/riddells-creek/topic/transport