0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Melville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every household in Melville has a car, reflecting a strong shift towards private transport and remote work. The area is almost entirely dependent on vehicles for travel, with a huge 40.9% of workers now operating from home, far exceeding the national figure of 21.0%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Melville is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have one or two cars, while about 21.7% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Melville splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 40.9% of people doing so, well above the state average. Those who do travel to work almost always drive, as 0.0% use public transport.
40.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero routes or stops. This means there are no weekly departures for residents, a figure far below the New South Wales average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 48 minutes. It is also a long trip to the city, with a drive time of 115 minutes.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
115
Higher than 78% 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)).
- 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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12575/melville/topic/transport