2.3% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cheltenham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cheltenham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Cheltenham work from home, far exceeding national trends. This creates a lifestyle where many avoid a daily commute, while those who do travel benefit from very quick drive times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two or more cars, with 47.4% owning two and 15.5% owning three. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cheltenham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is incredibly common here at 55.2%, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Only 3.5% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
55.2% ▲ +736.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -82.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 is highly accessible, with 8 stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. The network is efficient, allowing 248,054 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.69
Higher than 72% 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).
1,109.0
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,974
Higher than 73% 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).
248,054
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).
51
Lower than 62% 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.
Daily travel is convenient, with a very short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. For those driving, the commute to the city is just 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10895/cheltenham/topic/transport