2.9% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Templestowe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Templestowe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership is very high in Templestowe, where only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle. While the area has a great number of bus routes, the typical trip to the city is long, leaving many residents to rely on their own cars or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 45% owning two vehicles and 16% owning three. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that far fewer homes here are without a car compared to the Victorian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Templestowe, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 33%, a figure far above the national average. Meanwhile, the number of people using public transport to get to work has fallen since 2011 to just 2.1%.
33.0% ▲ +494.8%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -66.6%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 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.
Templestowe is served entirely by buses, with 111 stops and 21 routes, placing it among the highest for transit access and departures in the state. However, the 79-minute trip to the city is much longer than in most similar areas.
111
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.54
Higher 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).
3,056.3
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).
21
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,966
Higher than 54% 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).
32,638
Lower than 58% 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).
79
Higher than 84% 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 typical drive to the city takes 20 minutes. Despite the high number of stops, the 10-minute walk to the nearest one is longer than in most areas.
10
Higher than 71% 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.
20
Lower than 60% 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 Templestowe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207021159/templestowe/topic/transport