5.0% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Deakin · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Deakin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged to 30.4% of the workforce since 2016 in Deakin, marking a huge shift in how people get around. This trend is mirrored in vehicle ownership, where the number of homes without a car fell from 7.6% in 2011 to just 5.0% in 2021.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have at least one car, and 41.3% own two. Only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Deakin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is very common here, with 30.4% of people working from home, well above the national figure of 21%. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting has dropped sharply from 10.6% in 2016 to 2.4%.
30.4% —
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% —
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
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.
The area is served by 74 public transport routes, with buses making up 94.5% of the services. There are 4.93 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Victorian average.
824
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.93
Higher than 57% 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).
1,321.4
Higher than 60% 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).
74
Higher than 74% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes about 27 minutes by car. Residents generally have an 8-minute walk to the nearest public transport stop.
8
Higher than 54% 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.
27
Lower than 53% 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 Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED211/deakin/topic/transport