10.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Molesworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Molesworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Molesworth than in the rest of the country, with 40.8% of workers doing so. This reliance on home-based work reflects the area's isolation and the long travel times required to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households do own a car, with 43.6% having two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Molesworth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (18%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, far above the national figure of 21.0%. Conversely, no one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian average.
40.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 40.8%
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.
The area has 21.98 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average, though these are only bus services. Despite the number of stops, weekly departures are much lower than in most areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
21.98
Higher than 93% 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).
395.6
Higher than 76% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting around is challenging, as the drive time to the city is higher than most areas. Similarly, the 22-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most similar places.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Molesworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21721/molesworth/topic/transport