16.1% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carlton North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carlton North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of working residents in Carlton North work from home, reflecting a lifestyle where car ownership is often unnecessary. The area is highly connected, with many homes choosing to forgo a vehicle entirely in a location that is just an 8-minute drive from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Roughly 16.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. More than half of all households own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carlton North, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, at 46.8%. Those who do travel for work use public transport at a rate of 6.1%, which is among the highest for similar areas.
46.8% ▲ +788.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -71.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 available with 35 stops and 11 routes. This results in 4,351.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far above the Victorian average of 1,267.9.
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.67
Higher than 80% 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).
4,351.6
Higher than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 into the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of only 8 minutes, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
8
Lower than 97% 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 Carlton North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20496/carlton-north/topic/transport