7.2% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monash · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Monash
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 31% of workers in Monash now work from home, a massive jump from just 3.7% in 2011. This shift defines the local landscape, where high numbers of remote workers live alongside an extensive network of nearly 900 public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 39.7% owning two vehicles. Only 7.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Monash splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia. While 31.6% work remotely, the proportion of people commuting by public transport has fallen to 3.8% since 2011.
31.6% ▲ +744.1%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -60.1%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Monash has one of the largest transport networks for its size, with 868 stops and 75 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Victorian figure, with buses making up 96.8% of the services.
868
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.56
Higher than 67% 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).
1,726.3
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).
75
Higher than 87% 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.
Getting around is relatively easy, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most similar areas, averaging 18 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24970/monash/topic/transport