6.2% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Square · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Square
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people work from home in Golden Square than in most similar areas. While public transport access is much higher than in most places, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 39.3% owning one and 37.5% owning two. Only 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Golden Square splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.2% of residents. Only 12.9% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
12.9% ▲ +323.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 64 stops and 8 routes, Golden Square has a much higher number of transport stops per person than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is well below the Victorian average.
64
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.94
Higher than 85% 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).
928.2
Higher than 86% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical resident can walk to the nearest stop in just 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is 93 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
93
Higher than 65% 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 Square [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21058/golden-square/topic/transport