4.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Epping · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Epping
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High public transport availability defines daily travel in Epping, which has some of the most frequent service levels in the region. Most residents still rely on cars, but 167 stops and 14 different routes make it much easier to get around without one than in many similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.4% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Epping, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.9% of residents. About 17% of people work from home, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
17.0% ▲ +1125.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -51.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
The area is very well connected, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being well above the Victorian average. This is supported by a high number of stops and routes, with buses making up 97.7% of the public transport used.
167
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.99
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).
2,001.6
Higher than 92% 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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,143
Higher than 62% 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).
12,143
Lower than 57% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is just 24 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. It takes about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
24
Lower than 79% 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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20878/epping/topic/transport