Carisbrook · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Carisbrook

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

Almost every home in Carisbrook has a car, with only 2.2% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a community that relies heavily on private transport to get around.

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📍 Carisbrook, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 42.5% having two vehicles and 26.8% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a car has barely changed since 2011 and remains much lower than the Victorian average.

2.2% ▼ -22.6%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Carisbrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 70.4% of residents. While working from home rose to 7.1% since 2011, this is still far below the national figure, and only 1.0% of workers use public transport.

7.1% ▲ +97.3%

Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 7.1%

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

1.0% ▲ —

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Carisbrook, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 Carisbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221017/carisbrook/topic/transport