2.0% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Snake Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Snake Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people have access to public transport stops in Snake Valley than in most similar areas. Despite this, the community relies almost entirely on cars to get around. Very few residents work from home or use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 38.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 15% owning four or more. Only 2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Snake Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people as the driver. Those working from home make up 10.3% of the workforce, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
10.3% ▲ +287.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
The area has two public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, there are only 7.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far below the state figure of 1,267.9.
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.
2.44
Higher than 67% 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).
7.3
Higher than 58% 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 into the city takes 98 minutes, which is longer than most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 12 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
98
Higher than 68% 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 Snake Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22301/snake-valley/topic/transport