3.7% ▼ -74.5%
Lower than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gorton · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Gorton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 3.7% of homes in Gorton have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area much more car-dependent than most other places, with the vast majority of households owning at least one car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, and the number of homes without a vehicle fell 11 points since 2011. Now, 42.9% of homes have two vehicles and 16% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gorton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 15 points since 2016 to reach 20.7%, while public transport use for work plummeted by 19 points to just 2.2%. Over half of workers (56.8%) drive themselves to work.
20.7% —
Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Public transport is limited here, with only 3.22 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the Victorian figure. Buses provide almost all the service, making up 97.3% of routes.
574
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.22
Lower than 84% 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).
809.3
Lower than 62% 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).
36
Lower than 79% 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.
Getting to the city takes about 24 minutes by car. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes 14 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
14
Higher than 66% 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.
24
Lower than 60% 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 Gorton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED218/gorton/topic/transport