1.9% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Evelyn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Evelyn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High car ownership and strong public transport infrastructure set Mount Evelyn apart from most similar areas. Almost every home here has a motor vehicle, and the area has more transport stops and routes than most places of its size. This makes it a well-connected pocket of the Yarra Ranges.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are heavily equipped, with 43.1% owning two vehicles and 14.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Evelyn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 21% of residents, which is higher than most similar areas. Most people still rely on cars, with 57.8% driving to work, while only 0.8% use public transport.
21.0% ▲ +359.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -68.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 is well-served by buses, with 42 stops and 11 routes, placing it among the largest for its level. This results in a high number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people, matching the Victorian average.
42
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.29
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).
1,170.1
Higher than 87% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,799
Higher than 58% 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).
9,799
Lower than 59% 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.
A typical drive to the city takes 40 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, a figure that sits around the middle for this level.
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.
40
Lower than 67% 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 Mount Evelyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21795/mount-evelyn/topic/transport