9.0% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sebastopol · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sebastopol
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of homes without cars marks the current transport landscape in Sebastopol. While most residents rely on vehicles, 9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of households have one car, and 31.6% have two. However, the 9% of homes without a vehicle is a little above both the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sebastopol, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68.3% of people as drivers. Very few people work from home at 8.7%, a figure far below the national average.
8.7% ▲ +450.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -45.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Sebastopol has more public transport stops than most similar areas, though these are all bus services. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than in most similar areas, but far below the Victorian figure.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.92
Higher than 73% 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).
654.6
Higher than 81% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is very easy here, with a typical walk of only 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
76
Higher than 54% 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 Sebastopol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22255/sebastopol/topic/transport