0.8% ▼ -44.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sassafras
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a major part of life in Sassafras, with 31.3% of residents doing so. This shift reflects a community where car use is essential, though it is surprisingly well-served by local bus infrastructure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Sassafras has a car, with only 0.8% of households owning none. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and 41.3% of homes have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sassafras, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 31.3% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Driving is the most common way to get to work at 44.1%, while only 1.3% use public transport.
31.3% ▲ +269.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -57.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 a high number of bus stops and departures per person compared to Victoria, though these services do not connect residents to other people within 30 or 45 minutes.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.37
Higher than 88% 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).
2,628.9
Higher than 95% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is quick, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 40 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
40
Lower than 67% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22239/sassafras/topic/transport