40.8% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Docklands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Docklands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 33 percentage point gap separates Docklands from the national average in car ownership, with 40.8% of homes owning no motor vehicle. This lack of cars is mirrored by a very high number of people working from home and a heavy reliance on public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Few residents here rely on cars, as 40.8% of homes have no motor vehicle—a figure far above the 7.4% national average. For those who do own a car, one vehicle is the most common, at 47.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Docklands, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by No vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 45.6% of people doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This helps explain why public transport use for work (13.2%) is also far above the Australian average of 3.1%.
45.6% ▲ +1077.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.2% ▼ -41.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 4,304.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian figure of 1,267.9. Trams and light rail are the primary modes used, making up 68.4% of trips.
61
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.
3.94
Higher than 73% 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).
4,304.8
Higher than 99% 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).
77
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
71,768
Higher than 88% 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).
366,208
Higher than 89% 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).
24
Lower than 98% 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 into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 5 minutes. Most residents live very close to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
5
Lower than 99% 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 Docklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20766/docklands/topic/transport