7.7% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Huntingdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Huntingdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Huntingdale than in most similar areas, with 30.5% of workers doing so. This suburb is well connected for travel, featuring some of the highest numbers of public transport departures per person compared to other areas of its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, although 7.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Huntingdale splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, sitting well above the national figure at 30.5%. While 42.9% of people drive to work, 4.7% use public transport, which is among the highest rates for similar areas.
30.5% ▲ +1457.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -71.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 a strong point for Huntingdale, which has 13 routes and 8 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Victorian figure, allowing 178,980 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.10
Higher than 74% 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).
2,085.7
Higher than 92% 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).
22,928
Higher than 76% 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).
178,980
Higher than 86% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 fast, with a drive time of 18 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Local access is also easy, as the walk to the nearest stop is shorter than in most other suburbs.
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.
18
Lower than 85% 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 Huntingdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21218/huntingdale/topic/transport