3.1% —
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Cook - North East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Point Cook - North East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Point Cook - North East compared to the rest of the state. Only 3.1% of households are without a vehicle, making it much more car-dependent than the Victorian average of 7.6%. This reliance on cars is further highlighted by a very low number of people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 43.8% having two and 13% having three. This helps explain why the 3.1% of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Point Cook - North East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here; 30.1% of people do so, which is well above the Australian average of 21%. Meanwhile, only 2.2% of workers use public transport, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
30.1% —
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Higher than 54% 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.
Bus services are the only option here, as there are no trains or trams. While there are 46 stops, the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the Victorian average, and the 82-minute transit time to the city is much higher than most 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.
3.25
Lower than 66% 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).
876.8
Higher than 53% 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).
6
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23,732
Higher than 70% 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).
47,775
Higher than 52% 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).
82
Higher than 89% 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.
A typical drive to the city takes 20 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. Residents generally have easy access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
2
Lower 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.
20
Lower than 60% 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 - North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051580/point-cook-north-east/topic/transport