0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Simpson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Simpson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Simpson has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This reliance on private transport is clear, as there are no public transport routes or stops serving the area. While many people drive, about 23% now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 76.9% of households owning two or more vehicles. This means the share of homes without a car is 0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Simpson splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (28%), with 1 vehicle at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work, with 44.2% of people as the driver. No one uses public transport to commute, while 13.4% of workers walk and 23.1% work from home.
23.1% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is entirely absent in Simpson, with zero stops and routes. This puts the area far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Simpson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22283/simpson/topic/transport