2.0% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Epsom · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Epsom
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few other similar areas have as many public transport options as Epsom, though most residents still rely on their own cars. While the area is well served by stops and routes, only a tiny fraction of the workforce uses these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45.5% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2.0% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Epsom, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 67.8% of people as the driver. Very few use public transport at 0.7%, and the 10.8% who work from home is far below the Victorian figure.
10.8% ▲ +368.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -46.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Epsom has an impressive 42 stops and 9 routes, making the number of stops per 1,000 people far above the Victorian average. These services are almost entirely buses, with 1,248.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
42
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.38
Higher than 86% 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).
1,248.5
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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop is typical for the area, which is lower than most similar places. However, the drive time to the city is 105 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
105
Higher than 72% 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 Epsom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20879/epsom/topic/transport