2.4% ▼ -67.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maldon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Maldon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Maldon go without a car compared to the rest of Victoria. This is a place where most households rely on their own transport, with only 2.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, while 15.4% own three. Very few people here get by without a vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Maldon splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, and 21.8% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 1.1% use public transport to commute, a figure a little below the national average.
21.8% ▲ +189.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -54.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Maldon has more stops and routes than most similar areas, with 5.41 stops per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.41
Higher than 79% 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).
79.9
Higher than 66% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 102 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 10 minutes.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
102
Higher than 70% 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 Maldon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21583/maldon/topic/transport