0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eltham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Eltham is without a motor vehicle, making it a place where cars are essential. While the area has a decent number of public transport routes, the total reliance on cars for travel remains the dominant story here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is exceptionally high, with 39.3% of homes having two vehicles and 16.8% owning four or more. This means Eltham has a much lower rate of vehicle-free homes than both New South Wales and the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eltham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 26.7% of residents, which is well above the Australian average. However, no one in the area uses public transport to get to work, with 51.7% of workers driving themselves.
26.7% ▲ +140.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Local bus services are the only public transport option available. While the number of routes and stops is higher than in most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.02
Higher than 82% 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).
114.5
Higher than 70% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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 to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 29 minutes on foot, which is higher than in most other areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
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 Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11412/eltham/topic/transport