3.2% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swifts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swifts Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of vehicle ownership and public transport access define Swifts Creek compared to similar areas. Most households here rely on their own cars, with 96.8% owning at least one vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.2% having none, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households have one or two vehicles, but 13.8% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swifts Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and only 12.4% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Instead, nearly half of the workforce drive themselves to work, while 17.7% walk.
12.4% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
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.
While there are 4.31 stops per 1,000 people—about the same as the state average—weekly departures are far below Victoria's figure. Public transport is limited to a single bus route with one stop.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.31
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).
51.7
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Swifts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22413/swifts-creek/topic/transport