2.6% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monbulk · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Monbulk
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Monbulk go without a car, with only 2.6% lacking a vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most residents rely on their own transport, though about 21.2% of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 12.1% having four or more. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Monbulk, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a popular choice for 21.2% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.1%, while 56.3% drive themselves to work.
21.2% ▲ +189.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -36.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Monbulk has more transport stops and routes than most similar areas, with 16 stops and 5 routes. However, the 631.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.38
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).
631.9
Higher than 81% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 47 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most areas. In contrast, the 26-minute walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most other places.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
47
Lower than 63% 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 Monbulk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21727/monbulk/topic/transport