4.6% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mornington Peninsula · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Mornington Peninsula
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people now work from home in the Mornington Peninsula, with 21.4% doing so as of 2021. This represents a huge shift from 2011, when only 4.4% worked from home. The area relies heavily on private cars for travel, which is consistent with the low number of residents using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 40.8% of homes owning two vehicles and only 4.6% having none. This lack of car-free households is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mornington Peninsula, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, as only 0.9% of people use public transport. This figure is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011, while working from home has risen sharply.
21.4% ▲ +384.4%
Higher than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -62.9%
Lower than 71% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Buses make up 97.9% of public transport use, though the 880.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Victorian figure. The area has 31 routes and 1,316 stops in total.
1,316
Higher than 59% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.27
Lower than 63% 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).
880.6
Higher than 51% 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).
31
Lower than 82% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mornington Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/214/mornington-peninsula/topic/transport