0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melville Forest · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Melville Forest
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward remote work is a standout feature for Melville Forest, where 30.8% of people now work from home. This reliance on home-based work and private cars defines the area's transport patterns, as there is no public transport available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Melville Forest has at least one motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state rates. In fact, over half of all households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melville Forest, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 30.8%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. For those who do travel, 51.3% drive themselves to work, while no one uses public transport.
30.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is completely absent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This lack of access is far below the Victorian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Melville Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21645/melville-forest/topic/transport