6.4% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charlton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Charlton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in Charlton, where virtually no one uses public transport to get to work. Most homes own at least one vehicle, and the lack of local transit options means residents typically drive or walk to reach their destinations.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the majority of households are well-equipped, with 34.6% owning two vehicles and 16.4% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Charlton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes to work using public transport. While 65.3% of workers drive themselves, those who work from home make up 10.5% of the workforce, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
10.5% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 very limited, consisting of just one bus route. Although this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.91
Higher than 61% 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).
11.0
Higher than 58% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop can be a challenge for residents, with a typical walk of 34 minutes to the nearest stop. This is higher than in most other similar areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
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)).
- 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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20535/charlton/topic/transport