4.8% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maroondah · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Maroondah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher share of workers in Maroondah now work from home compared to the national figure, with 28.7% doing so. This shift is part of a broader trend where cars remain the primary way to get around, though the area is well-served by public transport infrastructure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.2% owning two vehicles. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Victorian and Australian averages and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Maroondah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 28.7%, which is well above the Australian average. Meanwhile, 49.2% of workers drive themselves to work, and the share using public transport has fallen to 2.1% since 2011.
28.7% ▲ +703.8%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -64.2%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Maroondah has a strong public transport network with 542 stops and 46 routes, making it larger than about 86% of similar areas. Buses are the primary mode of transit, accounting for 96.1% of the network.
542
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.
4.71
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).
1,190.7
Higher than 82% 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).
46
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 drive time to the city is 26 minutes, which is lower than most areas. A typical resident faces an 8-minute walk to the nearest public transport stop.
8
Lower 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.
26
Lower than 67% 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 Maroondah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24410/maroondah/topic/transport