Shelbourne · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Shelbourne

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost 43% of Shelbourne homes have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. This is a car-reliant area where no households are without a vehicle, and a typical trip to the city takes about 104 minutes.

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📍 Shelbourne, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with nearly half of homes owning two vehicles and about 24% having four or more. Consequently, the 0% of homes without a car is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Shelbourne, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 59.8% as the driver and 5.6% as a passenger. While 16.8% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.

16.8% ▲ +104.8%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.2%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 16.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Shelbourne, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by private travel, as the drive time to the city is 104 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

104

Higher than 71% 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 Shelbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22271/shelbourne/topic/transport