5.4% ▼ -90.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rubyvale · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Rubyvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in Rubyvale uses public transport to get to work, far below the national figure of 3.1%. While most residents rely on cars, there has been a sharp increase in people working from home since 2011. This shift highlights a local move toward more flexible working arrangements in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The number of homes without a motor vehicle has plummeted from 54.9% in 2011 to just 5.4%. Today, about 42% of households have one vehicle, while 34% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rubyvale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 13.8%, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. This is a significant jump from just 1.3% in 2011, and it is now as common as walking to work.
13.8% ▲ +1001.1%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
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.
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 Rubyvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321089/rubyvale/topic/transport