0.7% ▼ -79.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Virginia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 75% of workers in Virginia drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars in this area. While public transport infrastructure is surprisingly plentiful, very few people actually use it for their daily commute. This creates a sharp contrast between the available services and how people truly get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 23.8% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Only 0.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare in Virginia, with only 6.3% doing so—a figure far below the Australian average of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%.
6.3% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -42.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
The area has a high number of services, with 20 stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these services don't seem to connect residents to other people within 45 minutes, and the number of weekly departures is far below the territory average.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.04
Higher than 88% 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).
278.9
Higher than 74% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 19 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
19
Higher than 58% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70274/virginia/topic/transport