0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ruffy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ruffy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Ruffy stands out from similar areas for its high rate of remote work, with 39.1% of people working from home. Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in a rural setting. The area is far removed from urban hubs, with a typical drive time to the city of 112 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Ruffy is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.6% owning two vehicles and another 35.3% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ruffy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 39.1%. This is a primary way people work, followed by driving, as 0.0% of residents use public transport to get to their jobs.
39.1% ▲ +93.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Ruffy. This leaves the area with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 112 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
112
Higher than 76% 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 Ruffy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22211/ruffy/topic/transport