17.8% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Albion · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Albion
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Albion lack a motor vehicle than the national figure, with 17.8% of households without one. This is one of the highest rates for similar areas, reflecting a community that relies heavily on its strong public transport network to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 18% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle, accounting for 47.9% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Albion, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure at 9.1%. While 44% of workers drive themselves, 21.9% work from home, which is about the same as the Australian average.
21.9% ▲ +1664.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.1% ▼ -59.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 4.85 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures far above the state average. The area has 21 stops across 9 routes, meaning over 194,000 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.85
Higher than 77% 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).
2,533.7
Higher than 94% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
52,405
Higher than 87% 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).
194,054
Higher than 87% 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.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also live very close to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop of just 2 minutes.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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).
More for Albion
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Albion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20021/albion/topic/transport