5.3% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rochester · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rochester
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 128-minute drive to the city makes Rochester a very remote place to commute from. This distance explains why the vast majority of residents rely on cars to get around and why very few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 36.6% owning one and 35.2% owning two. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rochester splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 68.8% of people as the driver. Only 7.7% work from home, which is far below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
7.7% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -55.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Rochester has 23 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
23
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.29
Higher than 86% 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).
59.6
Higher than 64% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 a stop is a challenge here, with a typical walk of 22 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
22
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.
128
Higher than 85% 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 Rochester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22184/rochester/topic/transport