1.0% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Croydon Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Croydon Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Croydon Hills owns a car, reflecting a lifestyle where most residents rely on private vehicles for their daily travel. This is a place where working from home is very common, with 29% of people doing so, well above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles. Only 1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Croydon Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common than in most areas, with 29% of workers doing so. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.9%, which is a little below the national figure.
29.0% ▲ +654.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -72.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 has 16 public transport stops and 4 routes, figures that are larger than about 85% of similar areas. While this provides good access, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
16
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.
3.31
Higher than 71% 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).
649.9
Higher than 81% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,059
Higher than 72% 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).
32,198
Higher than 57% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes 7 minutes. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Croydon Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20683/croydon-hills/topic/transport