0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Donnybrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Donnybrook owns a car, making the area highly dependent on private vehicles for daily travel. While the town has an impressive number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is nearly universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the state and national figures, and more than half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Donnybrook, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 57.4% of workers being the driver. About 21.3% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, while only 2.0% use public transport for their commute.
21.3% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 density of services, with 17 stops and 6 routes, and weekly departures per person are far above the Victorian figure. Despite this, no people are recorded as being reachable by transit within 45 minutes.
17
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.
8.10
Higher than 86% 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).
2,941.4
Higher than 97% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 35 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
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.
35
Lower than 70% 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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20773/donnybrook/topic/transport