2.8% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Aspendale Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Aspendale Gardens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward remote work is a standout trend in Aspendale Gardens, where 26.3% of people now work from home. This is well above the national figure of 21%. While the area is very car-dependent, it maintains strong access to local transport services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Aspendale Gardens, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, while 26.3% work from home, a rate that is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 1.3% use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
26.3% ▲ +955.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -75.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Local access is strong with 17 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people remain far below the Victorian average.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.65
Higher than 68% 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).
651.0
Higher than 81% 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).
8,853
Higher than 57% 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).
40,430
Higher than 61% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 29 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Aspendale Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20080/aspendale-gardens/topic/transport