3.4% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Highton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Highton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in Highton compared to the state average, with only 3.4% of households lacking a vehicle. This makes it a place where most residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, with 46.9% owning two vehicles. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Highton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 23.3% work from home, which is a little above the national figure. Only 1.0% of the workforce use public transport for their commute.
23.3% ▲ +540.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -65.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Highton has one of the largest networks of 15 bus routes and 73 stops for its size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
73
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.
3.52
Higher than 71% 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).
644.4
Higher than 81% 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).
15
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.
Residents can usually reach their nearest transport stop within a 5-minute walk, which is lower than most similar areas. The typical drive time to the city is 55 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21187/highton/topic/transport