7.3% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Boroondara · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Boroondara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-two per cent of people in Boroondara work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21 per cent. This high rate of remote work is a defining feature of the area's transport landscape. The region is well connected, with a very high number of public transport departures compared to other parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. Most households own either one or two vehicles, though the share without a car has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Boroondara splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work, rising 36 points since 2011. While 3.9% of people commute by public transport—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is down 11 points from 2011.
42.0% ▲ +619.9%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -73.8%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Boroondara is very well served by public transport, with 712 stops and 49 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Victorian figure, with trams and light rail being the most common modes.
712
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.24
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,924.0
Higher than 90% of council (lga) 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).
49
Higher than 86% of council (lga) 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 is fast, with a typical drive time of 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes just 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 67% of council (lga) 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.
12
Lower than 87% of council (lga) 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 Boroondara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21110/boroondara/topic/transport