0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Gurdies · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Gurdies
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in The Gurdies has at least one motor vehicle, making the car essential for daily life here. Most households own two or more vehicles, which reflects the area's distance from major hubs and a total reliance on driving for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. About 38.5% of households have two vehicles, and another 32% own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Gurdies, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 75% of residents, while 18.3% work from home. This home-working rate is a little below the Australian figure of 21%, and no one here commutes by public transport.
18.3% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 6 public transport stops and 2 routes, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victoria figure. All available public transport is provided by buses.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
24.69
Higher than 95% 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).
604.9
Higher than 80% 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.
It takes about 83 minutes to drive to the city, a typical time for this level of area. Getting to the nearest transport stop is more difficult than in most areas, requiring a 24-minute walk.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
83
Higher than 58% 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 The Gurdies [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22498/the-gurdies/topic/transport