3.0% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Croydon South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Croydon South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3.0% of homes in Croydon South have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 45.0% having two vehicles. Very few households get by without one, which is much more common in other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Croydon South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is popular here, with 25.6% of the workforce doing so—a figure well above the Australian average. Driving is the most common commute, while only 2.2% of people use public transport to get to work.
25.6% ▲ +772.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -53.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 14 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, it is a bus-only zone with a long transit time to the city, and the number of stops per person is well below the Victorian figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.94
Higher than 69% 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).
660.2
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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
4,898
Higher than 50% 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).
28,458
Higher than 55% 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).
89
Higher than 99% 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.
The drive time to the city is 28 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. It takes a typical resident about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
28
Lower than 76% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20685/croydon-south/topic/transport