2.3% ▲ +71.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ventnor · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ventnor
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 95-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Ventnor. This is a car-reliant area where 28.1% of workers stay at home, a figure well above the national average. Most households own multiple vehicles to manage the long distances to services and employment.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 2.3% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, and most families own at least two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ventnor, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 28.1% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
28.1% ▲ +152.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 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 6.11 stops per 1,000 people—well above the Victorian average—actual service is very low. Weekly departures are far below the state figure, and the only available mode is the bus.
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.
6.11
Higher than 82% 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).
61.1
Higher than 64% 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.
Getting around is challenging, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 35 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
35
Higher than 71% 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.
95
Higher than 66% 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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22625/ventnor/topic/transport