3.8% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Knox · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Knox
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Knox, jumping from 3% in 2011 to 25.2% of the workforce. This shift is part of a broader trend where cars remain dominant for travel, though the area maintains a strong network of public transport infrastructure. Very few households get by without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.8% of homes in Knox have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 42.9% owning two vehicles and 14.2% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Knox, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About one in four people now work from home, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work have fallen to 1.7%, leaving 54.4% of workers to commute as the primary driver.
25.2% ▲ +728.4%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -56.5%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Knox has a large network of 797 stops and 58 routes, which is among the largest at this level. With 5.01 stops per 1,000 people, access is a little above the Victorian average, though the system is almost entirely buses.
797
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.
5.01
Higher than 73% 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).
1,211.4
Higher than 83% 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).
58
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.
It takes about 30 minutes to drive from Knox to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes around 11 minutes, placing the area in the middle of the pack.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
30
Lower than 63% 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 Knox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23670/knox/topic/transport