6.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Drumcondra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Drumcondra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all households in Drumcondra have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of local life. While most people rely on cars, the area has a very high number of people working from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two cars, though 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Drumcondra, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.6% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.0%.
30.6% ▲ +321.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -86.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Public transport access is among the highest for this type of area, with 7.01 stops per 1,000 people. This is well above the state average, with 1,702 weekly departures per 1,000 people provided entirely by bus services.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.01
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).
1,702.3
Higher than 90% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is quick, with a typical walk of only 4 minutes. The drive time to the city is 49 minutes, which is lower than in most other similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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)).
- 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 Drumcondra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20796/drumcondra/topic/transport