4.9% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Linton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Linton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A vast gap in public transport use separates Linton from the rest of the state, with zero people using it to get to work. Most residents rely on their own cars to navigate the area, as the typical drive to the city takes 96 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 64.7% of households owning two or three vehicles. Only 4.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Linton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.4% of residents. While 18% work from home, this is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
18.0% ▲ +130.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
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: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes, with no trains or trams. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
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.
3.15
Higher than 70% 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).
59.8
Higher than 64% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
It takes 96 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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 Linton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21514/linton/topic/transport