0.8% ▼ -57.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Devon Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Devon Meadows
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Devon Meadows go without a car compared to the rest of the country, with only 0.8% of households lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, as the vast majority of residents depend on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 32.2% having two vehicles and 27.8% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that only 0.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Devon Meadows splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 4 or more (27%), with 3 vehicles at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 58.3% as the driver and 3.5% as the passenger. Only 0.5% commute via public transport, and the 16.8% who work from home is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.8% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -70.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
While the area has 22 stops and 3 routes—which is far above the state average for stops per 1,000 people—the service is purely bus-based. Despite these numbers, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
22
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.
14.18
Higher than 89% 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).
636.4
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 trip to the city takes 46 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. However, getting to the nearest stop is more difficult here, with a 29-minute walk that is higher than most areas.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
46
Lower than 64% 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 Devon Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20748/devon-meadows/topic/transport