0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Longwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Longwood has a car, making it more dependent on private vehicles than many similar areas. With no public transport options available, residents rely heavily on driving for their daily needs. This is reflected in the typical commute, where over half of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Longwood has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for households without a car. Most homes have two or three vehicles, and 13.3% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Longwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and 16.8% work from home. This last group is well below the state and national figures. No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian average.
16.8% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
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: 1.5%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Longwood. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the Victorian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 into the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 97 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
97
Higher than 67% 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 Longwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21540/longwood/topic/transport