Shoreham · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Shoreham

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

Working from home is far more common in Shoreham than in most similar areas. This reliance on home-based work is reflected in a community where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Shoreham, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households have two vehicles, while 15% have three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Shoreham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A huge 40.7% of people work from home, which is far above the Victorian figure of 25.7%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, as the vast majority either drive or stay at home.

40.7% ▲ +151.3%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.2%
  • 2016: 15.1%
  • 2021: 40.7%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Shoreham, Car (driver) is the majority at 52%; Worked at home is next at 48%.

Public transport access

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

There are 5.89 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average, though the weekly frequency of departures is far below Victoria's figure. All available public transport is provided by bus services.

5.89

Higher than 81% 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).

117.8

Higher than 70% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Reaching the city takes about 71 minutes by car. Getting to the nearest transit stop is a challenge for many, with a typical walk time of 33 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.

33

Higher than 69% 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.

71

Higher than 51% 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 Shoreham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22279/shoreham/topic/transport