7.3% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hobsons Bay · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Hobsons Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of people in Hobsons Bay now work from home, a massive jump from just 3% in 2011. This shift to remote work has changed how people move, alongside a strong public transport network that is better than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is slightly lower than it was in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hobsons Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 43.2% of workers drive, 33.7% work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is about the same as the state average, but has fallen 7.3 points since 2011.
33.7% ▲ +1013.3%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -70.0%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Access to public transport is a strength here, with 451 stops and weekly departures that are well above the Victorian figure. Buses make up the vast majority of the network, accounting for 92.6% of modes.
451
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.94
Higher than 72% 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).
1,660.5
Higher than 88% 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).
22
Higher than 72% 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 drive time to the city is 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 22 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, a figure around the middle for this level.
22
Higher than 57% 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.
18
Lower than 76% 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 Hobsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23110/hobsons-bay/topic/transport