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 Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sailors Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Sailors Hill has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily life. This car-dependent nature is echoed in the workplace, where over 31% of residents work from home, far above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not one home in the area lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes without one. Most households have one or two cars, though 22.9% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sailors Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 31.3%, which is much higher than most areas. Because of this and the lack of local transit, no one in the area commutes to work by public transport.
31.3% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 virtually non-existent in Sailors Hill, with no active routes or stops. This leaves the area far below the Victorian average for transit access.
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 takes about 80 minutes by car. For those without a vehicle, a walk to the nearest transport stop takes 27 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
80
Higher than 57% 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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22225/sailors-hill/topic/transport