Flora Hill · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Flora Hill

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A one-minute walk to the nearest stop makes getting around easy for many in Flora Hill. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a very high number of public transport stops compared to similar places.

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📍 Flora Hill, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost half of all homes have one car, while 33.7% have two. About 7% of households do not own a motor vehicle, which is similar to the national figure.

7.0% ▼ -30.4%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.1%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Flora Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 60.3% as the driver. Only 13.7% work from home, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 21%.

13.7% ▲ +477.8%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 13.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.6% ▼ -2.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 1.6%

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.

How people get to work

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In Flora Hill, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area is well served by 12 bus routes and 32 stops. There are 8.02 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41.

8.02

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).

1,081.7

Higher than 87% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 96 minutes, which is higher 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.

96

Higher than 66% 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 Flora Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20931/flora-hill/topic/transport