9.9% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Better public transport access than most similar areas marks Golden Point, where nearly 10% of homes do not own a motor vehicle. This is a little above the national figure, but the area provides a high number of transit options to help residents get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Golden Point, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More people here use public transport to get to work than in most similar areas, though the 1.4% figure remains a little below the national average. About 19.5% of the workforce works from home.
19.5% ▲ +584.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -59.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
With 27 stops and four routes, the area has far more public transport access than the Victorian average. This is reflected in the 1,976 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is well above the state average.
27
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.18
Higher than 88% 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).
1,976.1
Higher than 91% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of only 4 minutes, which is lower than in 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.
72
Higher than 52% 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 Golden Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21056/golden-point/topic/transport