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.
Ryanston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ryanston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 41% of households in Ryanston have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people move around. The area is heavily dependent on private transport, with no residents using public transit to get to work and a typical drive time to the city of 91 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Ryanston has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and Australian figures, where around 7% of households typically have no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ryanston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 24.1% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure. For those who do travel, the vast majority drive, while no one in the area uses public transport to commute.
24.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
Public transport is effectively non-existent here, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the state average of 4.4 stops per 1,000 people.
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 around is dominated by the car, which is necessary given the long distance to the city. The typical drive time to reach the city is 91 minutes.
91
Higher than 63% 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 Ryanston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22219/ryanston/topic/transport