24.7% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melbourne - Inner · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Melbourne - Inner
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without cars in Melbourne - Inner than in most similar areas, with nearly one in four homes having no motor vehicle. This trend is linked to a massive shift in how people work and travel, as the area now has one of the highest rates of working from home in the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 24.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average of 7.4%. This number has risen since 2011, and nearly half of all households now own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melbourne - Inner, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by No vehicle (25%) and 2 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 42.2%, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. While the area still has a much higher rate of public transport use for work than the rest of the state, this fell 13 points since 2011.
42.2% ▲ +923.7%
Higher than 95% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.8% ▼ -62.9%
Higher than 95% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 a huge number of public transport stops and routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the Victorian average. Trams and light rail are the most common modes, used by 57.9% of commuters.
2,568
Higher than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.16
Lower than 67% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,893.3
Higher than 99% of region (sa4) 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).
174
Higher than 89% of region (sa4) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Melbourne - Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/206/melbourne-inner/topic/transport