0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ripplebrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ripplebrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Ripplebrook is without a motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-dependent areas in the region. Most households own multiple cars to get around, which is consistent with the very low number of people using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 34.5% of homes having two vehicles and 24.1% owning four or more. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ripplebrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 56.7% of residents, while 22% work from home. This is about the same as the Australian figure for working from home, but 0.0% of people use public transport for their commute.
22.0% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 11.19 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. However, the 14.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all services are buses.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.19
Higher than 88% 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).
14.9
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. It typically takes 73 minutes to drive from Ripplebrook to the city.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
73
Higher than 52% 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 Ripplebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22177/ripplebrook/topic/transport