8.8% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Altona · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Altona
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-one percent of working residents in Altona drive to work, making the car the most common way to commute. However, the area stands out for its high number of people working from home and a strong network of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 43.9%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Altona, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 35.7% of residents doing so. Public transport use for commuting is 3.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
35.7% ▲ +1059.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -75.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 widely available, with 70 stops and 10 routes, making this one of the largest networks at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Victorian figure, though the trip to the city takes a long 82 minutes.
70
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.09
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).
1,931.8
Higher than 91% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,556
Higher than 65% 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).
13,556
Lower than 56% 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).
82
Higher than 91% 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.
The drive time to the city is 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 16 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Altona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20035/altona/topic/transport