3.2% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melton · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Melton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 97% of homes in Melton have at least one car, making the area heavily reliant on driving for daily life. This strong car culture is reflected in the commute, where over half of all workers drive themselves to work. While public transport is available, the typical walk to a stop is longer than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households are without a car, with only 3.2% of Melton homes having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most residents own multiple vehicles, as 43.7% of homes have two and another 15.1% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has seen a huge jump since 2011, rising 18 points to 19.8% of the workforce. However, the car remains dominant, with 57.6% of people driving themselves to work, while only 2.1% use public transport.
19.8% ▲ +785.9%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -57.3%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 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.
Melton has 566 public transport stops and 34 routes, which is more than about 80% of similar areas. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
566
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.
3.16
Lower than 51% 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).
733.8
Higher than 76% 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).
34
Higher than 80% 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 29 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than in most similar areas. In contrast, walking to the nearest stop takes about 37 minutes, a time that is higher than most areas.
37
Higher than 67% 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.
29
Lower than 64% 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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24650/melton/topic/transport