2.3% —
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Cook - North West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Point Cook - North West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home than ever before in Point Cook - North West, with 32.2% of workers doing so. This shift reflects a local trend toward flexible work, as the area now sees far more people working from home than the national figure of 21%. Driving remains the primary way to get around, supported by very high levels of car ownership.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 48.4% owning two vehicles and 11.9% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Point Cook - North West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 32.2% of people doing so, far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 2.7% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the national figure.
32.2% —
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% —
Higher than 62% 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 options are limited, with only two routes and 16 stops serving the area. This is reflected in the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
16
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.67
Lower than 82% 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).
315.7
Lower than 69% 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).
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).
42,823
Lower than 51% 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).
87
Higher than 98% 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. While public transport service is sparse, the walk to the nearest stop is shorter than in most similar areas, taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 71% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051581/point-cook-north-west/topic/transport