2.4% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunderland Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunderland Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Sunderland Bay, where only 2.4% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies almost entirely on driving to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 44.7% having one and 41.5% having two. Very few homes are without a vehicle, a rate that is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Sunderland Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (43%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, while 22.3% of workers operate from home. This is higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
22.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
There are more public transport stops per 1,000 people here than in most areas, though the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure. All available services are buses.
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.
6.54
Higher than 84% 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).
212.4
Higher than 73% 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.
Getting into the city takes 90 minutes, which is higher than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
90
Higher than 63% 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 Sunderland Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22393/sunderland-bay/topic/transport