4.4% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ringwood East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Ringwood East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly a third of working residents in Ringwood East now work from home, marking a huge shift in how people get through their day. While the area is well-equipped with vehicles, the transition toward home-based work has seen the number of people commuting by public transport drop significantly since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 41.3% having two. Only 4.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ringwood East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 32.4%, which is far above the national figure. This trend is mirrored by a sharp decline in public transport use for work, which fell 6.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 2.4%.
32.4% ▲ +821.7%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -72.4%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
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.
There are 12 public transport routes and 54 stops in the area, but the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average. It takes much longer to reach the city by transit than in most other areas, averaging 72 minutes.
54
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.56
Lower than 74% 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).
627.3
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).
12
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,132
Higher than 64% 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).
74,047
Higher than 63% 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).
72
Higher than 74% 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 walk to the nearest transport stop takes 4 minutes. For those driving, the trip to the city takes about 27 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
27
Higher than 54% 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 Ringwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211031267/ringwood-east/topic/transport