23.8% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Speed · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Speed
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people have cars in Speed than in most similar areas, with nearly 24% of homes owning no motor vehicle. This is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. While some homes are heavily equipped with four or more vehicles, the area's overall transport patterns are varied.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost a quarter of households have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, 23.8% of homes have four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Speed splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (26%) and No vehicle (22%), with 4 or more at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%. Most people drive to work, though 14.3% work from home, a rate far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
14.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport stops are common, with 94.34 per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. However, the 603.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
94.34
Higher 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).
603.8
Higher than 80% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes a typical resident 30 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most similar areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
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 Speed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22318/speed/topic/transport