12.6% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dandenong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dandenong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 61% of workers in Dandenong drive themselves to work. This is a well-connected hub with a high number of public transport stops and routes, though it also has a notably high number of car-free households compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 12.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households keep one vehicle, while 29% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dandenong, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 5.7% of commuters, which is a little above the national figure. This is consistent with a much lower rate of people working from home (10.8%) compared to the 25.7% across Victoria.
10.8% ▲ +652.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.7% ▼ -40.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 a massive 163 public transport stops and 49 routes, which is among the largest for similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though the trip to the city still takes a typical 69 minutes.
163
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.41
Higher than 79% 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).
2,069.2
Higher than 92% 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).
49
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,487
Higher than 75% 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).
184,096
Higher than 87% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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.
Dandenong is very accessible, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 25 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20707/dandenong/topic/transport