5.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Altona Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Altona Meadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-six public transport stops serve Altona Meadows, making it one of the best-connected areas for transit access at this level. While most residents rely on cars, there is a strong trend toward flexible work, with nearly a quarter of the workforce operating from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Altona Meadows splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, but 23.4% work from home, a figure that is higher than most areas and above the national average. Only 2.6% use public transport to commute, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
23.4% ▲ +1093.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -64.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
The area is served by six bus routes, with 771 weekly departures per 1,000 people being much higher than most areas. Despite this, the trip to the city takes 69 minutes, which is longer than most areas.
46
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.49
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).
771.0
Higher than 83% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,479
Higher than 72% 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).
32,035
Higher than 57% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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 by car is fast, taking only 21 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy very quick access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20036/altona-meadows/topic/transport