Cape Schanck · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Cape Schanck

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

Zero homes without a car is a striking fact for Cape Schanck, where every single household relies on a vehicle. This total dependence on cars is mirrored by a lack of public transport use and a very high number of people working from home.

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📍 Cape Schanck, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Half of all homes have two cars, and about 21% have three or more. This means the proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cape Schanck, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has surged to 34.3%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. This shift helps explain why no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.

34.3% ▲ +1115.7%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 34.3%

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: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Cape Schanck, Car (driver) is the majority at 55%; Worked at home is next at 42%.

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 Cape Schanck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221015/cape-schanck/topic/transport