7.0% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monash · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Monash
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 31% of people in Monash now work from home, a massive jump from just 3.8% in 2011. This shift highlights a changing way of getting to work in an area where public transport access is very strong compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.9% owning two vehicles. About 7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Victorian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Monash splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 31.3% of the workforce doing so. While 44.7% still drive to work, the share of people using public transport has fallen from 9.2% in 2011 to 3.7%.
31.3% ▲ +733.9%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -59.4%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Monash has a large transport network with 836 stops and 75 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Victorian average, and the system is dominated by buses, which make up 96.7% of the modes.
836
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.57
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,737.0
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
75
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is convenient, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also lower than in most similar places, taking about 18 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
18
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) 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)).
- 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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21205/monash/topic/transport