Aintree · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Aintree

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Only 1.3% of homes in Aintree lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This highlights a strong reliance on cars in a community where most households own at least two vehicles.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

More than half of homes have two vehicles, and a further 13.3% have three. This means very few households go without a car compared to the 7.4% national figure.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Aintree, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 22.8% work from home, which is a little above the Australian figure. Only 2.9% use public transport for their commute.

How people get to work

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In Aintree, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Aintree has 20 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these are all buses, and the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.

2.51

Higher than 67% 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).

493.5

Higher than 78% 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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest stop is just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 26 minutes, also much lower than most similar areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

26

Lower 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)).
  • 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 Aintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20011/aintree/topic/transport