2.0% ▼ -58.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Chiltern · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Chiltern
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Chiltern, where the vast majority of people rely on their own cars. While the area has more transport stops than many similar places, they are often too far away to be practical for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 2% having none, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most homes are well-equipped, and 38.1% of households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Chiltern, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.8% of residents, while 12.9% work from home. This home-working rate is far below the Victorian average.
12.9% ▲ +155.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
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: 0.0%
- 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.
Chiltern has three public transport routes and three stops, which is more than most similar areas. Despite this, the 40.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.90
Higher than 65% 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).
40.5
Higher than 62% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Accessing transit is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 73 minutes, which is among the highest times for areas of this type.
73
Higher than 93% 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 Chiltern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20551/chiltern/topic/transport