0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rowsley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rowsley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Rowsley now has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for daily life. This trend highlights the area's isolation, as there are no public transport stops or routes available for residents to use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 40.9% owning two and over half having three or more. This is reflected in the fact that 0% of homes are without a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rowsley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 58.5% of people as drivers and 3.2% as passengers. About 16% of people work from home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.0% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
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: 1.9%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, meaning the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure. This lack of access is common for its level, though it is far below the Victorian average.
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.
It takes about 50 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 73 minutes, among the highest at this level.
73
Higher than 93% 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.
50
Lower than 62% 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 Rowsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22206/rowsley/topic/transport