27.5% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Fitzroy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Fitzroy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Fitzroy live without a car than in the rest of the state, with 27.5% of homes owning no motor vehicle. This makes the area stand out for its high reliance on other ways to get around. The neighborhood is highly connected, with a huge number of public transport options and very short trips to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 27.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. For those who do own cars, most have just one, while 16.1% of households have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Fitzroy, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; No vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 48.1%, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. Those who do travel to work are slightly more likely to use public transport than the state average, with 5.6% doing so.
48.1% ▲ +800.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.6% ▼ -69.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
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.
Fitzroy is among the most connected areas for public transport, with 3,275.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure of 1,267.9. Trams are the main mode of travel, accounting for 70.4% of services.
36
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.
3.45
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).
3,275.5
Higher than 98% 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).
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
115,695
Higher than 90% 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).
366,526
Higher than 89% 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).
25
Lower than 97% 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 into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of only 5 minutes. Most residents are just a 1-minute walk from their nearest transport stop, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
5
Lower than 99% 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 Fitzroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20924/fitzroy/topic/transport