1.4% —
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Doreen - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Doreen - North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance has remained dominant as Doreen - North has grown, with a tiny 1.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. Most households now own two or more cars, and only 1.6% of workers use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Vehicle ownership is very high here, with 48.5% of homes having two cars and 1.4% having none, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Doreen - North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.3% of residents, though 23.4% work from home, a rate slightly above the national figure.
23.4% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% —
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
Public transport is exclusively bus-based, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the Victorian average. Weekly departures are also far below the state figure.
55
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.37
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).
706.2
Lower than 54% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
27,726
Higher than 74% 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).
50,137
Higher than 54% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
While it takes longer than most areas to drive to the city (37 minutes), the walk to the nearest transport stop is shorter than in most places, taking just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
37
Higher than 65% 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 Doreen - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041527/doreen-north/topic/transport