10.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Staffordshire Reef · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Staffordshire Reef
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A two-hour drive to the city defines the remote nature of Staffordshire Reef. This rural area relies almost entirely on private cars, as there is no public transport available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have either one or two cars, while 13.8% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Staffordshire Reef, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport. While 15.4% of people work from home, this is well below the Australian figure of 21.0% and far below Victoria's 25.7%.
15.4% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 is completely absent, with zero routes and zero stops. This lack of access is far below the Victorian average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.
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.
The drive time to the city is 118 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
118
Higher than 79% 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 Staffordshire Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22348/staffordshire-reef/topic/transport