3.8% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eaglemont · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eaglemont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of working residents in Eaglemont work from home, making it one of the most flexible areas for employment at this level. While car use remains common, the suburb is very well connected to the city with a short 15-minute drive time.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here get by without a car, with only 3.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, as most homes own at least two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eaglemont, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 39.5%. For those who do travel, 37.2% drive themselves and 3.1% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas.
39.5% ▲ +522.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -74.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Eaglemont has more public transport stops and routes than many similar areas, with 8 stops in total. While weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, this is still far below the Victorian average.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.02
Higher than 65% 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).
622.7
Higher than 81% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,740
Higher than 55% 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).
121,261
Higher than 83% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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.
Daily travel is relatively easy, as the drive time to the city is much lower than most areas at just 15 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also quicker than usual, taking about 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Eaglemont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20825/eaglemont/topic/transport