Stratford · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Stratford

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

Car ownership has grown and work habits have shifted in Stratford since 2011. Only 2.2% of households now live without a motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen significantly over the last decade. This high reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people get to work.

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📍 Stratford, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least two cars, with 43.9% owning exactly two. The 2.2% of households without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.2% ▼ -65.1%

Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stratford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.7% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 8.1%, which is far below the 21% national average, and no one uses public transport.

8.1% ▲ +146.3%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 8.1%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 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 Stratford, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home 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 Stratford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215080/stratford/topic/transport