6.6% —
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oak Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Oak Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of workers in Oak Park now work from home, a shift that helps explain why 35.9% of the workforce avoids a daily commute. This creates a distinct travel pattern for the area where remote work is far more common than in the rest of Victoria. Most remaining commuters still rely on cars, though public transport use is higher than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least one car, with 45.4% having one and 34.5% having two. Only 6.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oak Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 35.9% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 21.0%. Those who do travel to work are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas, at 5.7%.
35.9% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.7% —
Higher than 86% 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 options are limited, with only 23 stops and 4 routes, leaving the area with fewer stops per person than most other parts of the state. While the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is higher than in about 72% of similar areas, weekly departures are far below the Victorian average.
23
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.91
Lower than 71% 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).
629.4
Lower than 57% 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).
7,898
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).
101,771
Higher than 72% 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).
56
Lower than 54% 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.
Driving to the city is much faster here than in most areas, taking only 14 minutes. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is 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.
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 Oak Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210031537/oak-park/topic/transport