3.7% ▲ +106.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rippleside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rippleside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Rippleside have two motor vehicles, making cars the dominant way to get around. While most residents rely on driving, a striking 32.5% of the workforce now works from home, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 44.6% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rippleside, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular in Rippleside, with 32.5% of workers doing so, which is far above the Australian average. Only 1.2% of people commute using public transport, a figure that is a little below the state and national levels.
32.5% ▲ +880.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -78.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 is served by two bus routes and four stops, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, the 735.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.02
Higher than 74% 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).
735.4
Higher than 83% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
It takes typically 48 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also quicker than usual, taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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)).
- 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 Rippleside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22178/rippleside/topic/transport