2.3% ▼ -39.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Malmsbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Malmsbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Malmsbury lack a car compared to the state and national figures. While the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes, the typical resident relies heavily on their own vehicle or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 47.1% having two and 16.4% having three. Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Malmsbury, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 29% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21%. In contrast, no one uses public transport to get to work, a result well below the Australian average.
29.0% ▲ +384.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
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: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 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.
The area has 5 public transport routes and 4 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, with trains making up 97.2% of available services.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.42
Higher than 75% 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).
271.8
Higher than 74% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
A 45-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 61 minutes.
45
Higher than 77% 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.
61
Lower than 55% 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 Malmsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21585/malmsbury/topic/transport