3.1% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Highton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Highton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Highton, with the share of residents doing so rising by 19 percentage points since 2011 to reach 23.0%. This shift happens in a place where car reliance is very high and public transport use is low. Most households own multiple vehicles, and very few residents use buses or trains for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Highton go without a car, with only 3.1% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, and about 21% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Highton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Reliance on cars is strong, while only 1.2% of people commute by public transport—a figure that has fallen since 2011 and sits below the national average. About 23% of the workforce now works from home, which is a little above the Australian average.
23.0% ▲ +498.4%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -58.9%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
While Highton has 80 public transport stops and 17 routes, the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the state average. All available services are buses, but weekly departures per person are far below the Victorian figure.
80
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.33
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
661.3
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
17
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 without a car is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 27 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in most other similar places.
27
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
68
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021042/highton/topic/transport