5.9% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macleod · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Macleod
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Macleod than ever before, with 36.7% of the workforce now doing so. This shift is part of a transport landscape where public transport access is very high, though most residents still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Macleod have one or two cars, and 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Macleod splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far above the national figure at 36.7%, making it much more common here than in most other areas. About 3.7% of people commute by public transport, which is also much higher than in similar areas.
36.7% ▲ +935.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
The area is well connected, with 40 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. There are 4.04 stops per 1,000 people, a figure that is higher than most areas but a little below the Victorian average.
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.04
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).
822.3
Higher than 84% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,039
Higher than 69% 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).
128,401
Higher than 85% 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).
58
Higher than 51% 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 relatively quick, with a drive time of 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Access is also easy, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Macleod [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21564/macleod/topic/transport