1.8% ▼ -49.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stanhope · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stanhope
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership remains the dominant way to get around Stanhope, where very few homes lack a vehicle. While the area has a fair number of transport stops for its size, the distance to the city and the lack of commuters using public transit highlight a strong reliance on private travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Stanhope has a car, with only 1.8% of households owning no vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most homes have one or two cars, though 12.4% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Stanhope splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes to work using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most workers drive, while 17.7% work from home, a rate well below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
17.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 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.
Stanhope has four public transport stops and three routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, with only bus services available, the 36.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.84
Higher than 77% 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).
36.3
Higher than 61% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 126 minutes. Getting to the nearest transport stop is also slower than in most areas, taking about 22 minutes on foot.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
126
Higher than 84% 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 Stanhope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22350/stanhope/topic/transport