1.5% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Doreen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Doreen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Doreen relies on a car to get around, with only 1.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the way people commute, as over half of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 49.9% of homes own two vehicles and 14.2% have three. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Doreen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 23.1% of the workforce, which is higher than in most other areas. Only 1.9% of people use public transport for their commute, a figure slightly below both the state and national averages.
23.1% ▲ +564.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Doreen has 90 public transport stops and 4 routes—more than most similar areas—these are all bus services. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
90
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.32
Higher than 71% 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).
743.7
Higher than 83% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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).
16,299
Lower than 54% 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 37 minutes, which is faster than in most areas. It also takes less time than usual to reach the nearest stop, with a typical walk of just 5 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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 Doreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20779/doreen/topic/transport