2.8% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seabrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seabrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Seabrook than the national figure, with 28.9% avoiding a daily commute. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though a small number use the local bus network. The area is designed for quick access, with a very short walk to the nearest transport stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 2.8% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. The typical home has two vehicles, while 14.4% of households own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seabrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 29% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. For those who travel, the most common method is driving, with 47.9% as the driver. Public transport use is about the same as the state average at 2.9%.
28.9% ▲ +853.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -52.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 in the area is entirely bus-based, with 9 stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 77-minute trip to the city is much higher than most areas, and the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.82
Higher than 65% 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).
503.4
Higher than 78% 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).
4,952
Higher than 51% 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).
47,163
Higher than 63% 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).
77
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively fast, with a 20-minute drive time that is much lower than most areas. Similarly, the 3-minute walk to the nearest stop is much shorter than in most other places.
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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Seabrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22247/seabrook/topic/transport