7.0% —
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pakenham - South East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Pakenham - South East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people can reach others via public transport here than in 86% of similar areas, making Pakenham - South East a place where getting around is often a challenge. While the area has a high number of transit stops, the long 44-minute drive to the city highlights its distance from the urban centre.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 47.6% owning one and 30.2% owning two. Only 7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a figure about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pakenham - South East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.6% of people as the driver. Only 13.5% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7% and well below the national rate of 21%.
13.5% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% —
Higher than 66% 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.
There are 7.14 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. Despite having 12 routes and 46 stops, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is smaller than in about 90% of similar areas.
46
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.14
Higher than 84% 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).
1,213.9
Higher than 65% 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).
6,439
Lower than 86% 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).
6,439
Lower than 90% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes 27 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. This lack of immediate access is consistent with the long 44-minute drive time to the city.
27
Higher than 85% 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.
44
Higher than 71% 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 - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011551/pakenham-south-east/topic/transport