10.9% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawthorn East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hawthorn East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge shift toward remote work defines Hawthorn East, where 44.6% of people now work from home. This high rate of home-based work is far above the national figure of 21%, marking the area as one of the most flexible for workers in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 48.9% owning just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hawthorn East, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to earn a living here, far exceeding the national trend. Meanwhile, 5.3% of residents commute by public transport, which is a little above the Australian average of 3.1%.
44.6% ▲ +716.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -71.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 is highly accessible with 19 stops and 7 routes, meaning over 253,000 people can be reached within 45 minutes. Trams are the dominant mode of travel, accounting for 75.1% of trips.
19
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.
1.28
Higher than 62% 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).
753.9
Higher than 83% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
76,434
Higher than 88% 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).
253,156
Higher than 88% 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).
44
Lower than 75% 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.
Getting to the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 11 minutes. The area is very walkable, and the walk to the nearest transport stop takes only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hawthorn East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21153/hawthorn-east/topic/transport