0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longwood East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Longwood East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single household in Longwood East owns a motor vehicle. This is a car-dependent area where 31.8% of workers stay at home for their jobs, a figure far above the national average. Without local public transport, residents rely on their own cars or remote work to stay connected.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian average of 7.6%. Most households have at least two cars, with 33.9% owning exactly two and another 15.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Longwood East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drives to work, while 31.8% work from home, which is much higher than most similar areas. No one in the community uses public transport to get to their job.
31.8% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 completely absent here, with zero stops and routes. This leaves the area far below the Victorian figure for transport access.
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 to the city is a long journey, with a typical drive time of 104 minutes.
104
Higher than 71% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21541/longwood-east/topic/transport