Red Cliffs · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Red Cliffs

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

Far fewer people work from home in Red Cliffs compared to the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians typically work from home, only 5% of the local workforce does so. This makes the area much more reliant on traditional commuting.

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📍 Red Cliffs, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Red Cliffs have at least one car, with 39.5% owning one and 35.4% owning two. However, the number of homes with no motor vehicle has risen to 7.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas.

7.5% ▲ +218.8%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Red Cliffs splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 72.3% of people acting as the driver. Public transport use is very low at 1.5%, which is a little below the national figure and barely changed since 2011.

5.0% ▲ +32.0%

Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 5.0%

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

1.5% ▲ +9.6%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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 Red Cliffs, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Car (passenger) is next at 9%.

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 Red Cliffs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215070/red-cliffs/topic/transport