3.8% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Aston · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Aston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Aston go without a car compared to the rest of the country, with only 3.8% of households lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, as the area sees a very low proportion of public transport users and a high number of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 42.9% having two and 14.2% having three. This explains why the 3.8% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Aston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped 22 points since 2016 to reach 25.2%, which is well above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, and this number fell to 1.7% in 2021.
25.2% —
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% —
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 5.01 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Victorian average of 4.41. Buses are the primary service, making up 97.9% of the local transport modes.
797
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.01
Higher than 60% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,211.4
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
58
Higher than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive to the city takes 28 minutes. However, it takes longer to reach a stop on foot here than in most areas, with an 11-minute walk to the nearest one.
11
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
28
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Aston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED201/aston/topic/transport