0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Skibo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Skibo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A significant shift toward remote work has shaped how Skibo connects to the wider region. Every single household in the area owns a motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for daily travel. This dependence is highlighted by the complete lack of local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with over half of homes owning four or more vehicles. None of the households are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% figure for Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Skibo, the largest group is 4 or more at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common in Skibo, with 28.9% of residents doing so—a rate well above the Australian average of 21.0%. For those who do travel, 63.2% drive themselves, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
28.9% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This puts Skibo 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around requires significant travel time, as it takes 120 minutes to drive to the city. The lack of local infrastructure is evident, with a 49-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
49
Higher 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.
120
Higher than 81% 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 Skibo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22288/skibo/topic/transport