4.5% ▼ -39.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Edithvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Edithvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of working from home than most similar areas define the transport patterns in Edithvale. While 32.6% of the workforce avoids a daily commute, the suburb provides exceptional access to public transport with 31 stops and 6 different routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households keep at least one car, with 42% owning two vehicles. Only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas, though still well below the Victorian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Edithvale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 32.6%, a figure far above the national average. Those who do travel mostly drive, while 2.2% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
32.6% ▲ +768.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -77.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Edithvale has excellent local connectivity with 4.94 stops per 1,000 people and a high number of weekly departures. However, the 81-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
31
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.
4.94
Higher than 77% 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).
1,377.6
Higher than 88% 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).
13,563
Higher than 65% 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).
68,831
Higher than 72% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is also lower than in most areas, taking about 29 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Edithvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20848/edithvale/topic/transport