4.9% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strathdownie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Strathdownie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Work patterns have shifted significantly in Strathdownie, where a huge 42.2% of residents now work from home. This far exceeds both the Victorian and national figures, highlighting a move away from traditional commuting in this sparsely populated area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 29.5% owning three vehicles and 23% owning four or more. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Strathdownie, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 32%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to earn a living at 42.2%, followed by 36.7% who drive to work. No one in the area uses public transport to get to their job, which is well below the national figure.
42.2% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 is entirely absent in Strathdownie, with zero stops and routes. This lack of access is far below the Victorian average of 4.4 stops 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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Strathdownie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22374/strathdownie/topic/transport