28.8% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Collingwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Collingwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 29% of homes in Collingwood have no motor vehicle, one of the highest rates for any area of this type. This lack of car ownership is balanced by a very short 6-minute drive to the city and high numbers of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have just one vehicle, while the 28.8% with no car is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. This car-free rate has fallen slightly by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Collingwood, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; No vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 48.0% of residents doing so—far above the national figure of 21.0%. Another 6.2% use public transport to get to work, which is well above the Victorian average of 2.9%.
48.0% ▲ +1062.5%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -66.8%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
Collingwood has 31 public transport routes and a very high number of weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to the rest of the state. While it has far fewer stops per 1,000 people than most areas, the transit time to the city is among the lowest.
20
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.18
Lower than 78% 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).
3,123.1
Higher than 87% 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).
31
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
72,878
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
393,583
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
30
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is only 6 minutes, which is among the lowest for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
6
Lower than 98% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Collingwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206071141/collingwood/topic/transport