6.2% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noble Park North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Noble Park North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 62% of working residents in Noble Park North drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, a small number of households live without one, and public transport use for commuting has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40% of homes here have two motor vehicles, and 35% have one. The proportion of households without a vehicle is 6.2%, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Noble Park North splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 17.2% since 2011, though this remains well below the national figure of 21%. Only 2.1% of people commute via public transport, which is about the same as the state average.
17.2% ▲ +993.7%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
The area has 43 public transport stops and 14 routes, with 5.77 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average. However, these services are all buses, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
43
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.77
Higher 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).
760.5
Lower than 52% 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).
14
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,456
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).
7,456
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.
It takes a typical resident 23 minutes to drive to the city. The walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes, which is longer than in most other similar areas.
7
Higher than 61% 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.
23
Lower 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 Noble Park North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212041316/noble-park-north/topic/transport