4.1% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sunset Strip · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sunset Strip
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workers in Sunset Strip drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own multiple vehicles, the area has very limited public transport options. This reliance on cars is reflected in the long 91-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sunset Strip, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, with only 13.1% doing so, far below the state figure of 25.7%. Public transport use for work is very low at 2.3%.
13.1% ▲ +270.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▲ +32.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 91 minutes, which is higher than most areas. Despite the lack of local routes, the walk to the nearest stop is only 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
91
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 Sunset Strip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22394/sunset-strip/topic/transport