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.
Allestree · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Allestree
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Allestree relies on a car to get around. This dependence is clear as no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, making it far more car-reliant than the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, with 39.3% owning two and another 26.8% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of households have no vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Allestree, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.4% of people commuting as the driver. While 15.9% of residents work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21.0%, and no one in the area uses public transport for their commute.
15.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 virtually non-existent here, with zero routes or stops recorded. This means the area has far fewer departures and stops per person than the Victorian 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.
Access to transit is very poor, as it takes a typical resident 55 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. This is much higher than in most other similar areas.
55
Higher than 82% 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 Allestree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20030/allestree/topic/transport