0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Riverside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Riverside has a motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where nearly 66% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle. Most households own multiple cars, with 43% having two and another 18.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Riverside, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, while 11.6% of people work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
11.6% ▲ +43.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is virtually non-existent in Riverside, with zero routes and stops serving the population. This is far below the state average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 to the nearest transport stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 41 minutes.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
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).
More for Riverside
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22180/riverside/topic/transport