9.5% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rosebrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rosebrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people use public transport to get to work in Rosebrook, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. While the area has more transport stops per person than most similar places, the lack of commuters using these services suggests they are not a practical option for the local workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households do have cars, with 35.7% owning two vehicles and 19% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rosebrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 75.5% of people being the driver and 7.5% traveling as passengers. Very few people work from home at 5.7%, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
5.7% ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 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.
The area has 7.81 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. However, the actual service is limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people falling far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.81
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).
265.6
Higher than 74% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop takes a typical 25 minutes on foot, which is higher than in most other areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rosebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22197/rosebrook/topic/transport