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.
Sailors Falls · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sailors Falls
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between Sailors Falls and the rest of the country, with 45.5% of workers staying at home. This rural area relies heavily on private cars, as not a single household is without a motor vehicle. While a few public transport stops are available, almost no one uses them for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Sailors Falls has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6% for households without one. Nearly half of all homes keep two cars, and 23.3% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sailors Falls, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 45.5% of residents doing so—far above the 21% national figure. Because of this, no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
45.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 45.5%
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 25.32 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. However, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, with only one bus route serving the area.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
25.32
Higher than 95% 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).
126.6
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical resident faces a 68-minute drive to the city. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 18 minutes.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
68
Lower than 51% 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 Sailors Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22223/sailors-falls/topic/transport