2.6% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caroline Springs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Caroline Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower percentage of homes without a car than the national average defines Caroline Springs, where only 2.6% of households are without a vehicle. Most residents rely on private cars, though a significant number now work from home. The area's layout makes it very easy to reach a transport stop on foot.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.5% owning three. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Caroline Springs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to their jobs, while 24% work from home, a figure well above the national average. Only 1.5% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the state and national rates.
24.0% ▲ +856.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -64.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 87 public transport stops and 10 routes, among the largest numbers for its type. While it is a little below the Victorian average for stops per person, it is much higher than most similar areas for weekly departures.
87
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.55
Higher than 72% 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).
1,053.8
Higher than 87% 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).
26,742
Higher than 80% 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).
97,993
Higher than 78% 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).
89
Higher than 99% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 24 minutes, also much lower than in most similar places.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Caroline Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20500/caroline-springs/topic/transport