10.2% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Altona North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Altona North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the working population in Altona North drives to work, though a high number of people work from home. This is an area where cars are central, but where a significant 10.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.2% of households here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Victoria and Australia figures. Most homes have one or two cars, with 38.2% owning one and 37.1% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Altona North splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with No vehicle at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.4% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. Only 2.3% of the workforce commutes using public transport, a rate about the same as the state and national averages.
30.4% ▲ +1472.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -67.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 infrastructure is strong, with 107 stops and 11 routes, which are among the largest at this level. While weekly departures are far above the Victoria figure, the 80-minute transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
107
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.25
Higher than 86% 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).
2,865.4
Higher than 96% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,931
Higher than 67% 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).
14,931
Lower than 55% 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).
80
Higher than 89% 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 only 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. For those walking, it takes about 18 minutes to reach the nearest stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20037/altona-north/topic/transport