5.8% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Frankston · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Frankston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in working habits has defined Frankston since 2011, with the share of people working from home climbing by 17 percentage points. While the area is well-served by public transport, most residents still rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Frankston have at least one car, with 39.6% owning two. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Frankston splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.2% of residents. While 20% of the workforce now works from home, only 1.3% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
20.0% ▲ +546.9%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -63.6%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Frankston has more public transport stops than about 89% of similar areas, with 632 stops in total. This provides a high level of access, with 1,102.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, though buses make up 97% of these services.
632
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.
4.54
Higher than 66% 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).
1,102.4
Higher than 81% 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).
29
Higher than 77% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 21 minutes. For those heading into the city, the usual drive time is 38 minutes.
21
Higher than 56% 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.
38
Lower than 57% 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 Frankston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22170/frankston/topic/transport