20.7% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caulfield East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Caulfield East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Caulfield East live without a car than in the rest of the state, with 20.7% of homes owning no vehicle. This shift away from cars is reflected in how people travel, with a very high number of residents working from home or using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one in five homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. For those who do own cars, 42.4% of households have one vehicle and 26.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Caulfield East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 36.2% of people doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Those who do commute are also more likely to use public transport (8.3%) than people in most other areas.
36.2% ▲ +687.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.3% ▼ -56.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
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.
The area is very well connected, with 19 public transport stops and 11 routes, which is among the highest at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Victorian average.
19
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.
14.69
Higher than 90% 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).
6,956.7
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).
44,826
Higher than 62% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 quick, with a drive time of 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. A walk to the nearest stop takes about 19 minutes on average.
19
Higher than 58% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Caulfield East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20522/caulfield-east/topic/transport