1.1% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smythes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smythes Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Smythes Creek has a car, with only 1.1% of households lacking a vehicle. This is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria, highlighting the area's heavy reliance on private transport for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 40.4% having two vehicles and 21.7% owning four or more. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Smythes Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.1% of residents. Those working from home make up 13.4% of the workforce, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
13.4% ▲ +154.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -63.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 the area has more public transport routes and stops than about 80% of similar places, service is sparse. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.41
Higher than 71% 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).
214.5
Higher than 73% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop is shorter than in most similar areas, taking about 4 minutes. However, the drive to the city is longer, typically taking 80 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
80
Higher than 57% 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 Smythes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22298/smythes-creek/topic/transport