12.4% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darebin · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Darebin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Roughly 36% of workers in Darebin now work from home, making it one of the most flexible work-from-home areas in the region. This shift is part of a broader trend toward less commuting, though the area remains well-connected with high public transport access. A notable 12.4% of households do not own a car, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Far more households in Darebin live without a car than in most other areas, at 12.4%. While this is well above the 7.4% national figure, the share of car-free homes has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Darebin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 33 percentage points since 2011 to reach 36%, a figure far above the national average of 21%. Meanwhile, the 5% of people using public transport to get to work is a little above the national figure, though this has fallen 11 points over the last decade.
36.0% ▲ +1104.7%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -68.6%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 highly accessible here, with 864 stops and 39 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Victorian figure, and the area has 5.82 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most other areas.
864
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.82
Higher than 81% 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).
2,301.8
Higher than 94% 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).
39
Higher than 83% 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 into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of only 14 minutes. This ease of movement is matched by local access, as the typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
14
Lower than 84% 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 Darebin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21890/darebin/topic/transport