Edi · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Edi

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Working from home has become a major feature of life in Edi, where 38.2% of workers do so. This is far above the national figure of 21%. While public transport options are limited, the area's reliance on cars is nearly total.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Edi has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian average of 7.6% of homes without one. Most households are well-equipped, with 60.8% owning either two or three vehicles.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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Edi splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (30%), with 1 vehicle at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in Edi uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the 3.1% national average. Instead, 55.9% of workers drive, while a striking 38.2% work from home, which is far above the national figure.

38.2%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 38.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Edi, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 41%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There is one bus route and one stop serving the area, meaning there are 16.67 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, with only 200 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the state average.

16.67

Higher than 91% 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).

200.0

Higher than 73% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a typical resident 57 minutes on foot, which is much higher than most areas.

57

Higher than 83% 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.

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 Edi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20846/edi/topic/transport