0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strangways · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Strangways
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher public transport access than most similar areas defines Strangways, though the community relies heavily on cars. Every single home here owns at least one motor vehicle, and the typical household has two.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Strangways is without a car, a figure well below the Victorian and Australian rates. Most households are well-equipped, with 43.6% owning two vehicles and 10.3% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Strangways, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 57.1% of people as the driver and 14.3% as passengers. Those working from home make up 19.0% of the workforce, which is a little below the national figure.
19.0% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
The area has 9.90 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian average, though this is limited to one bus route. Despite having more stops than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.90
Higher than 87% 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).
336.6
Higher than 75% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 around is slow and distant, with a 96-minute drive time to the city. It also takes longer than most areas to reach the nearest stop, with a typical walk of 23 minutes.
23
Higher than 61% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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 Strangways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22367/strangways/topic/transport