10.7% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coburg North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coburg North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 2,200 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Coburg North one of the best-connected areas for transit in the region. This high level of access is mirrored by the fact that 10.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.7% of homes here do not own a motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do, 44.5% of homes have one vehicle and 32.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coburg North, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 36.9% of people doing so. This helps explain why 4.3% of the workforce uses public transport to commute, which is a little above the national figure.
36.9% ▲ +1150.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▼ -76.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 among the best for transit, with 59 stops and 7 routes, ranking it higher than about 91% of similar areas. Bus services are the most common, used by 54% of passengers.
59
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.
7.09
Higher than 86% 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).
2,276.1
Higher than 93% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,425
Higher than 56% 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).
164,598
Higher than 86% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 typical drive time of just 13 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also easier than in most areas, taking only 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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 Coburg North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20597/coburg-north/topic/transport