0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elmhurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elmhurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Elmhurst lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national rates. This heavy reliance on cars is clear in the daily routine, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all households have one car, while 36% have two. A further 18.6% of homes keep three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elmhurst, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 43.5% of residents, though 22.6% work from home, which is a little above the national figure.
22.6% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 16.22 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian average, but the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.22
Higher than 90% 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).
108.1
Higher than 69% 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.
It takes much longer to drive to the city here than in most areas, with a typical trip taking 116 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
116
Higher than 78% 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 Elmhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20861/elmhurst/topic/transport