12.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carlton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carlton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of workers in Carlton now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work and a strong reliance on public transport make the area stand out compared to most other places. It is a well-connected hub where many residents live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. While nearly half of households have one car, this rate of car-free living is among the highest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carlton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 34.4%, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the state and national figures, with 7.4% of workers using these services.
34.4% ▲ +1583.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.4% ▼ -69.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 41 public transport stops and 8 routes, allowing residents to reach nearly 300,000 people within 45 minutes. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.86
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
730.6
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
104,291
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality 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).
297,452
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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).
45
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality 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.
Carlton is very accessible, with a typical three-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is only 19 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
19
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality 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 Carlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10818/carlton/topic/transport