4.2% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Doncaster East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Doncaster East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 43% of homes in Doncaster East have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of local life. While the area is heavily reliant on cars, there is a very high rate of people working from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here, with only 4.2% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Doncaster East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 32.1%. For those who do travel, 46.3% drive themselves, while 3.3% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
32.1% ▲ +716.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -63.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 high level of service with 132 stops and 24 routes, all provided by buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Victorian figure, and the area can reach more people within 45 minutes by transit than 89% of similar places.
132
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.27
Higher than 74% 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).
2,172.2
Higher than 93% 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).
24
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
52,681
Higher than 87% 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).
162,112
Higher than 86% 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).
57
Lower than 51% 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 around is relatively efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. Additionally, the drive time to the city is 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Doncaster East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20772/doncaster-east/topic/transport