3.8% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smeaton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smeaton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Smeaton drive themselves to work, reflecting a town where most households own multiple cars. The area is very reliant on private vehicles, with nearly 27% of people working from home and almost no one using public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have several cars, with 39% owning two vehicles and 20% owning three. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Smeaton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Work habits are dominated by cars and home offices, as 57% of people drive and 27.1% work from home. This last group is well above the Australian figure of 21%, while 0% of the workforce commutes by public transport.
27.1% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
While Smeaton has 8.16 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—the actual service is minimal. There is only one bus route and the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.16
Higher than 86% 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).
40.8
Higher than 62% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 is slow and distant, with a typical 92-minute drive to the city. It is also a long walk to the nearest transit stop, which takes about 39 minutes.
39
Higher than 73% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Smeaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22293/smeaton/topic/transport