9.9% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caulfield North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Caulfield North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Caulfield North than in most similar areas, with 40.9% of the workforce doing so. This preference for home-based work is paired with excellent transit links and a very short 12-minute drive to the city. The area is highly connected, making it easier for residents to get around without relying solely on cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own either one or two vehicles, while 3.7% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Caulfield North, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, at 40.9% compared to 25.7%. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the national average at 4.4%.
40.9% ▲ +603.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.4% ▼ -67.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 72 stops and 8 routes, which are among the largest numbers for this level. There are 2,534.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far above the Victorian average.
72
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.26
Higher than 74% 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).
2,534.7
Higher than 95% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
111,270
Higher than 90% 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).
450,085
Higher than 91% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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 very efficient, with a drive time of just 12 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a very short 1-minute walk to their nearest transport stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20523/caulfield-north/topic/transport