0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Franklinford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Franklinford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Franklinford has a motor vehicle, a rate well below the state and national figures for households without a car. This heavy reliance on private transport is seen in the local work habits and the total absence of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area lacks a motor vehicle. This is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes without one, with 28.6% of local households owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Franklinford splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (35%) and 1 vehicle (30%), with 2 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 30% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, while 47.1% drive themselves.
29.4% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area. This lack of access is far below the Victorian average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The drive time to the city is 132 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
132
Higher than 86% 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 Franklinford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20946/franklinford/topic/transport