2.1% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Skye · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Skye
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people can be reached by public transport from Skye than in about 64% of similar areas. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, though the area has a high number of transit stops relative to its size. This makes for a transport landscape where cars are dominant despite decent local access to services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Skye get by without a car, with only 2.1% having no vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and 44% of households here own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Skye, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.7% of residents. Only 15.7% work from home, which is far below the state figure of 25.7%, and just 0.8% use public transport for their commute.
15.7% ▲ +459.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -67.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
While 1.48 stops per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas, this is still far below the state average of 4.41. Public transport here is exclusively bus-based, with 12 stops and two routes serving the area.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.48
Higher than 63% 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).
268.3
Higher than 74% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,303
Higher than 64% 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).
13,303
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It is relatively quick to get moving here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 6 minutes. The drive time to the city is also lower than in most similar areas, taking about 36 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Skye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22291/skye/topic/transport