4.1% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greensborough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Greensborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward remote work is a major story for Greensborough, where 32.1% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure and highlights a growing trend in how the local workforce operates. While the area remains heavily reliant on cars, it has exceptional public transport infrastructure compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 44.5% having two vehicles. Only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Greensborough, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 32.1%, a rate far above the national figure. This helps explain why only 2.6% of the workforce uses public transport to commute, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
32.1% ▲ +761.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -65.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport infrastructure is a strength, with 109 stops and 13 routes among the largest for this area type. Weekly departures are far above the state figure, though the typical transit time to the city is 69 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
109
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.
5.17
Higher than 78% 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).
2,280.0
Higher than 93% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,807
Higher than 74% 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).
100,639
Higher than 79% 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).
69
Higher than 73% 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 drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas. On foot, it takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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).
More for Greensborough
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Greensborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21104/greensborough/topic/transport