3.4% ▼ -51.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
San Remo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in San Remo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in San Remo lack a car compared to the national figure, with only 3.4% of households without one. This high level of car ownership defines how people move through the area and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.7% having two vehicles and 11% having three. This explains why San Remo has a much lower rate of carless homes than the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In San Remo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 53.9% of residents. While 19.8% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, only 0.4% use public transport for their commute.
19.8% ▲ +169.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -82.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
The area has 15 bus stops and 3 routes, giving it more stops per person than the state average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.82
Higher than 87% 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).
120.0
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 37 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is longer than in most other areas. The typical drive time to the city is 78 minutes.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
78
Higher than 55% 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 San Remo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22229/san-remo/topic/transport