0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Guildford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A drive time to the city of 122 minutes makes Guildford a very remote location for commuters. This is a car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for homes without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least two cars, with 44.9% owning two and 12.3% owning three. No homes in the area are without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Guildford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 27.1% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, 0.0% of workers use public transport to commute.
27.1% ▲ +129.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 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.
While Guildford has more stops per 1,000 people than the state average, weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure. All available public transport services are provided by buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.06
Higher than 82% 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).
145.5
Higher than 72% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 around is dominated by private travel, as the typical drive time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
122
Higher than 82% 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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21116/guildford/topic/transport