Ivanhoe East - Eaglemont · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Ivanhoe East - Eaglemont

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A massive shift in working habits has defined Ivanhoe East - Eaglemont since 2011, with people working from home jumping by 33 percentage points to nearly 40%. This makes it a place where far more people work from home than in the typical Australian area. Car ownership remains very high, while public transport use has fallen significantly.

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📍 Ivanhoe East - Eaglemont, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 43% of homes have two vehicles, and only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and lower than most other similar areas.

3.6% ▼ -26.6%

Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 3.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ivanhoe East - Eaglemont, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here at 39.8%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Meanwhile, the proportion of people commuting by public transport has fallen 8 percentage points since 2011 to just 2.7%.

39.8% ▲ +514.1%

Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 39.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.7% ▼ -74.6%

Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 12.9%
  • 2021: 2.7%

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.

How people get to work

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Ivanhoe East - Eaglemont splits fairly evenly between Worked at home (46%) and Car (driver) (43%), with Car (passenger) at 3%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

With 26 stops across three routes, the number of transport stops per 1,000 people is well below the state figure. While weekly departures are higher than most areas, the local network is mostly based on buses, which account for 88.9% of the service.

26

Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

3.36

Lower than 64% 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).

1,099.7

Higher than 61% 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).

7,740

Lower than 80% 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).

114,357

Higher than 74% 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).

61

Higher than 55% 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 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the 8-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most other similar places.

8

Higher than 64% 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.

14

Lower than 77% 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 Ivanhoe East - Eaglemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209011201/ivanhoe-east-eaglemont/topic/transport