61.1% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melbourne · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Melbourne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than six out of ten homes in Melbourne have no motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-free areas in the country. This shift away from driving is supported by a massive network of trams and trains, with many residents choosing to walk or work from home instead.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A huge 61.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Only 5% of households here own two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melbourne, No vehicle is the majority at 61%; 1 vehicle is next at 33%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common at 34.2%, well above the state figure. Public transport use for commuting is also far above the national average, with 18.3% of workers using these services.
34.2% ▲ +818.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
18.3% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 highly accessible with 205 stops and 82 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, with trams being the most popular mode at 73.3%.
205
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.73
Higher than 72% 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).
6,379.3
Higher 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).
82
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,524
Higher than 76% 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).
203,853
Higher than 87% 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).
31
Lower than 91% 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 very quick, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 10 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
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.
6
Lower than 99% 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 Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21640/melbourne/topic/transport