4.3% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strathdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Strathdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Twenty-five public transport stops make Strathdale much better connected for transit than about 90% of similar areas. Most residents rely on cars to get around, but the area offers easier access to stops than most other places. This blend of high accessibility and high car ownership defines how people move here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common, with 41% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 4.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Strathdale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 62.5% acting as the driver. About 16.6% work from home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.6% ▲ +367.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 6 bus routes and a high number of stops per person compared to similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
25
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.34
Higher than 75% 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).
544.1
Higher than 79% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
A short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop is much lower than in most areas. In contrast, the drive time to the city is higher than most areas at 101 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
101
Higher than 70% 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 Strathdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22373/strathdale/topic/transport