Tresco West · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Tresco West

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A far lower share of households lack a car in Tresco West compared to the national figure. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, meaning there is no reliance on public transport for daily travel.

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📍 Tresco West, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home has multiple cars, with 43.5% owning two and 23.9% having four or more. This is why the 0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Tresco West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 65.3% as the driver. Only 6.7% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

6.7%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 6.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Tresco West, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero routes or stops. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.4 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge, with a typical walk taking 67 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.

67

Higher than 89% 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 Tresco West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22580/tresco-west/topic/transport