Gembrook · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Gembrook

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

Almost every home in Gembrook relies on a car to get around, with only 1.5% of households owning no motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership reflects a place where private transport is essential for daily life and getting to work.

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📍 Gembrook, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 46.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 15% having four or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen sharply since 2011 and is now well below the national figure.

1.5% ▼ -84.5%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gembrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and 17.1% now work from home, a figure that has risen since 2011. Public transport use is almost non-existent, with 0.0% of workers commuting by train or bus.

17.1% ▲ +319.8%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 17.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.2%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 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 Gembrook, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gembrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215036/gembrook/topic/transport