0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Montgomery · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Montgomery
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Montgomery compared to the national figure, with 0% of households without a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is a key feature of the area, which sits far from the city and has no public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, and 70% of households own two or more. This is well below the Victorian and national figures for homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Montgomery, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 41.9% of residents doing so—a figure far above the national rate of 21%. For those who travel, cars are the main choice, and no one commutes by public transport.
41.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 41.9%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This puts Montgomery far below the Victorian average for transit access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 57 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in most other areas, taking 139 minutes.
57
Higher than 83% 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.
139
Higher 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)).
- 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 Montgomery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21734/montgomery/topic/transport