12.0% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ascot Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ascot Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Ascot Vale work from home than in most similar areas, with nearly 40% of the workforce doing so. This trend is reflected in the car ownership rates, as 12% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most households here rely on one or two cars, with 46.4% owning one and 32.3% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ascot Vale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 39.8%, which is far above the 21% national average. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the national figure, at 4.9%.
39.8% ▲ +1109.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% ▼ -70.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 has a high level of service with 61 public transport stops and weekly departures that are well above the state average. This means 105,813 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit, which is more than in about 81% of similar areas.
61
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.
4.01
Higher than 73% 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).
1,995.6
Higher than 92% 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).
44,895
Higher than 86% 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).
105,813
Higher than 80% 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).
54
Lower than 57% 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.
Residents have very quick access to the city, with a drive time of just 9 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also faster than in most areas, typically taking 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Ascot Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20075/ascot-vale/topic/transport