1.7% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Strathmerton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Strathmerton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Strathmerton relies on a car to get around, with only 1.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This high level of car dependence is reflected in the way people commute and the limited reach of local public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 37.4% having two and another 17.7% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Strathmerton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.2% of residents, while 12.8% work from home. This is far below the 25.7% who work from home across Victoria, and no one here commutes using public transport.
12.8% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
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: 1.0%
- 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.
While Strathmerton has more bus routes and stops than many similar areas, access remains limited. There are only 57.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.87
Higher than 65% 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).
57.8
Higher than 64% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 to public transport is a challenge for locals, as the walk to the nearest stop takes an average of 43 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
43
Higher than 75% 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.
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 Strathmerton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22379/strathmerton/topic/transport