1.6% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Enfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Enfield, where almost every home owns at least one vehicle. This reliance on driving is clear, as no one uses public transport to get to work and most residents face long travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, with only 1.6% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most homes are well-equipped, as 42.6% have two vehicles and another 21.6% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Enfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work almost always involves a car, as 65.7% of people drive and 0.0% use public transport. The proportion of people working from home is 13.1%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
13.1% ▲ +285.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
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: 1.7%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the 13.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.48
Higher than 71% 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).
13.9
Higher than 59% 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.
Reaching the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 99 minutes. Access is further limited by the distance to transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 31 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20872/enfield/topic/transport