5.9% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rosanna · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rosanna
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home is a major feature of life in Rosanna, where 40.2% of residents avoid a daily commute. This high rate of remote work is far above the national figure of 21%. The area is well connected, with a very short walk to public transport for most people.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Rosanna have one or two cars, with 40.4% owning two vehicles. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rosanna splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (40%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 37.2% of people drive to work, public transport use is much higher here than in most similar areas. This is supported by a very high number of people working from home, which is far above the Victorian average.
40.2% ▲ +888.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -68.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Public transport access is a strong point, with 44 stops and 6 routes making it larger than about 89% of similar areas. The number of weekly departures is among the highest at this level and a little above the state figure.
44
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.11
Higher than 78% 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).
1,577.8
Higher than 89% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
49,624
Higher than 87% 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).
185,569
Higher than 87% 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).
53
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is easy, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop. The 17-minute drive time to the city is much lower than in most other areas.
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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Rosanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22194/rosanna/topic/transport