8.5% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Malvern East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Malvern East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 40% of people in Malvern East work from home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it a place where many residents avoid a daily commute, though the area remains very well connected by public transport. The typical home has one or two cars, while a small number of households get by without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, 39.4% have one vehicle and 37.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Malvern East splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 40.7%, far exceeding the 21% national figure. This high rate of home-working sits alongside a public transport commute rate of 4.6%, which is among the highest for similar areas.
40.7% ▲ +675.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -66.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 a major feature, with 111 stops and 30 different routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, and the area has 4.98 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas.
111
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.98
Higher than 77% 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).
1,699.5
Higher than 90% 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).
30
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
57,413
Higher than 87% 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).
270,351
Higher than 88% 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).
45
Lower than 73% 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 into the city is quick, with a drive time of only 15 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 4-minute walk to the nearest stop.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Malvern East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21587/malvern-east/topic/transport