1.7% —
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pakenham - North West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Pakenham - North West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households without a car, at just 1.7%, make Pakenham - North West an area where private vehicles are essential. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the limited public transport options and the long walk to the nearest stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and 19.2% have three or more. This high car ownership means the share of homes with no motor vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pakenham - North West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work, with 61.7% acting as the driver. While 18.4% of the workforce works from home, this is a little below the Australian figure of 21%.
18.4% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Lower than 51% 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 scarce, with only 1.74 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average of 4.41. This lack of infrastructure means only 7,479 people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.74
Lower than 81% 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).
124.3
Lower than 79% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,479
Lower than 81% 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).
7,479
Lower than 88% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 30 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also higher than most areas, taking 43 minutes.
30
Higher 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.
43
Higher than 70% 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 Pakenham - North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011550/pakenham-north-west/topic/transport