8.3% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greater Dandenong · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Greater Dandenong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much lower share of people work from home in Greater Dandenong compared to the rest of the country. While 14.5% of workers stay home, this is well below the national figure of 21%. Most of the area relies on cars, though it has a very high number of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This is a downward trend, as the figure fell 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greater Dandenong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 60.9% as the driver and 6.3% as a passenger. Those using public transport to get to work make up 3.7%, a figure that is much higher than most areas but has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
14.5% ▲ +680.7%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -52.8%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 well-served by a large network of 64 routes and 751 stops. With 1,297.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, the service frequency is much higher than most areas and mainly consists of buses.
751
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.
4.75
Higher than 69% 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).
1,297.6
Higher than 84% 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).
64
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.
The typical drive time to the city is 27 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 21 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.
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.
27
Lower than 66% 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 Greater Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22670/greater-dandenong/topic/transport