2.2% —
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Cook - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Point Cook - East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Point Cook - East have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for getting around. The area is marked by a high number of people working from home and very few households without a vehicle, though public transport options remain limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the Victorian average of 7.6%. This is a consistent trend, as the figure has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Point Cook - East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 33.3% of workers doing so, up 27 points since 2016. Meanwhile, use of public transport for commuting has fallen to 2.0%, which is a little below the national average of 3.1%.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 two routes and 1.76 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Victorian average of 4.41. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also much lower than most areas.
34
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.76
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).
334.5
Lower than 68% 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
19,274
Higher than 60% 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).
33,441
Lower than 58% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 24 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. Residents enjoy very quick access to transit stops, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute.
1
Lower than 93% 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.
24
Lower than 52% 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 Point Cook - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051464/point-cook-east/topic/transport