0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ruby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ruby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single household in Ruby owns a motor vehicle, highlighting a total reliance on cars for daily life. This small area has no public transport stops or routes, making private travel the only practical option for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.8% owning two and 29.4% owning four or more. This is much lower than the national and state figures for homes without a vehicle, which sit at 7.4% and 7.6% respectively.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ruby, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (30%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.1% of residents, while 23.5% work from home. This working-from-home rate is slightly above the Australian figure of 21.0%, though a little below Victoria's 25.7%.
23.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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.
The area is quite remote, with a 86-minute drive to the city. Getting to the nearest transport stop is even more difficult, as the walk takes 79 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
79
Higher than 96% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Ruby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22210/ruby/topic/transport