4.6% ▼ -47.2%
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Calwell · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Calwell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Calwell lack a car compared to the rest of the state, with only 4.6% of households without one. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is clear across the area, where the typical home now owns two or more cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least two vehicles, with 41.6% owning exactly two. The proportion of homes without a motor vehicle has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011 and is now well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Calwell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.8% of residents. While those working from home rose 13 points since 2016 to reach 16.7%, this remains well below the national figure of 21%.
16.7% —
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% —
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
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.
Buses make up almost all public transport here, accounting for 97.8% of the mode share. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than most areas and a little below the Victorian average.
723
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.84
Lower than 73% 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).
1,267.7
Higher than 57% 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).
43
Lower than 68% 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 walk to the nearest transport stop is shorter than in most areas, taking only 4 minutes. For those heading into the city, the typical drive time is 28 minutes.
4
Lower than 65% 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 Calwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED205/calwell/topic/transport