6.3% ▲ —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Purrumbete · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in South Purrumbete
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in South Purrumbete drive to work, though a large number of people also work from home. This rural area is heavily reliant on private cars, with 73% of households owning two or more vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 18.8% owning four or more. Only 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Purrumbete, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 34.4%, a figure far above the national average. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
34.4% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 34.4%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in South Purrumbete. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 is a long trip, with a drive time of 119 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
119
Higher than 80% 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 South Purrumbete [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22312/south-purrumbete/topic/transport