2.5% ▼ -52.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sorrento · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sorrento
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Sorrento than the national figure, with 36% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This creates a distinct transport pattern where the local lifestyle is less dependent on daily travel. While most households rely on cars, the area is exceptionally well-served by local bus stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, as only 2.5% have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6%, with 42.7% of homes owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sorrento, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 36%. This high rate is reflected in the commute data, where only 1.6% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
36.0% ▲ +197.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Local bus services are a major feature, with 43 stops and 21.36 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. Despite these high numbers, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is zero.
43
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
21.36
Higher than 93% 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).
3,990.1
Higher 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. This is much lower than most similar areas, though the drive to the city takes around 75 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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 Sorrento [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22306/sorrento/topic/transport