6.1% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Camberwell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Camberwell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Camberwell than in most similar areas, with 43.9% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. The area is exceptionally well connected, boasting some of the highest levels of public transport access and service frequency in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 39.5% having one and 38.6% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Camberwell splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 43.9%, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.7%. This helps explain why only 3.9% of the workforce use public transport, though this is still a little above the state figure.
43.9% ▲ +589.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -73.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Public transport is a major feature of the area, with 6.46 stops per 1,000 people, well above the Victorian figure of 4.41. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, and trams make up the bulk of the network at 76%.
142
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.46
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).
3,142.4
Higher than 98% 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).
36,916
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).
101,934
Higher than 79% 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).
52
Lower than 61% 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 is quicker than for most similar areas, with a typical drive time of just 15 minutes. Residents generally have a 7 minute walk to their nearest public transport stop.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Camberwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20453/camberwell/topic/transport