13.4% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Armadale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Armadale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward flexible work is the big story in Armadale, where 44.7% of workers now stay at home. This high rate of remote work sits alongside some of the best public transport access in the region, making the area less dependent on cars than most other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than one in ten homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Half of all households own a single car, while 28.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Armadale, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is far more common here than the national figure, with 44.7% of people working from home. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport, at 6.4%, which is well above the Victorian average of 2.9%.
44.7% ▲ +715.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▼ -73.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 6.3 stops per 1,000 people and 3,088.7 weekly departures, far above the state figure of 1,267.9. Trams are the dominant mode, making up 68.9% of the network.
59
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.
6.30
Higher than 83% 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).
3,088.7
Higher than 97% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
160,034
Higher than 93% 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).
625,685
Higher than 94% 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).
33
Lower than 90% 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 area is very well connected, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute. It is also close to the city, with a drive time of only 13 minutes.
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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Armadale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20066/armadale/topic/transport