3.8% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mulgrave · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mulgrave
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher than most similar areas for transit access and home working, Mulgrave is a well-connected hub where 27.1% of the workforce stays home to work. While public transport infrastructure is extensive, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 46% of households own two cars, and only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is a much lower rate of car-free living than the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mulgrave, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 27.1% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Driving remains the primary commute, with 52.7% of workers travelling as the driver.
27.1% ▲ +784.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -53.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 widely available with 111 stops and 40 routes, meaning the area has far more stops per person than the state average. However, it takes a much longer time to reach the city by transit than in most other areas.
111
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.58
Higher than 80% 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).
1,976.2
Higher than 91% 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).
40
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
42,137
Higher than 86% 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).
127,724
Higher than 85% 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).
73
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, taking only 21 minutes. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop is shorter than in most other areas, typically taking 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Mulgrave [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21827/mulgrave/topic/transport