0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ultima · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ultima
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of workers in Ultima drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a place where every single home has at least one motor vehicle, far outstripping the national trend.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Ultima is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Many households have multiple cars, with 19.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ultima, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical commute is by car, and only 10.3% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure. No one here uses public transport to get to work.
10.3% ▼ -62.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Ultima has more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, there is only one bus route available. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
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.
5.78
Higher than 81% 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).
23.1
Higher than 60% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 18 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
18
Higher than 57% 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 Ultima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22608/ultima/topic/transport