9.4% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noble Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Noble Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Noble Park have no motor vehicle than in most other areas, with 9.4% of households lacking one. This is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. While many people rely on cars, the area has strong public transport links that make getting around easier.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households have one or two cars, with 42% owning a single vehicle and 32.4% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Noble Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Victoria, with only 13.3% of people doing so. Around 4.6% of residents commute by public transport, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this size.
13.3% ▲ +793.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -57.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Noble Park has 87 public transport stops and 17 routes, which are among the largest counts for this level. This infrastructure allows 248,968 people to be reachable within 45 minutes by transit, although the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
87
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.70
Higher than 68% 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).
700.9
Higher than 82% 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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
54,578
Higher than 87% 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).
248,968
Higher than 88% 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).
58
Higher than 51% 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 is relatively quick, with a drive time of 27 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also live very close to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Noble Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21952/noble-park/topic/transport