21.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Footscray
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Footscray live without a car than in the rest of the state, with 21.3% of homes having no motor vehicle. This shift away from cars is supported by an exceptional level of public transport and a very short 9-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 21% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Footscray, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; No vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, at 36.2%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the national figure, with 8.9% of workers using it.
36.2% ▲ +1218.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.9% ▼ -58.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
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.
Footscray has exceptional transit links, with 121 stops and 25 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the state average, and the typical transit time to the city is much lower than in most areas.
121
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.06
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).
4,522.0
Higher than 99% 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).
25
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
80,796
Higher than 88% 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).
373,735
Higher than 90% 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).
36
Lower than 87% 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.
The area is highly accessible, with a drive time to the city among the lowest at just 9 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes almost no time at all.
0
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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20935/footscray/topic/transport