6.2% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Noble Park North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Noble Park North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas define Noble Park North, though the typical resident still relies heavily on a car. While 43 stops serve the area, only 2.1% of workers use public transport for their daily commute. This highlights a gap between the available infrastructure and how people actually travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.7% owning two vehicles. Only 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Noble Park North splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.8% of people as the driver. Working from home is much less common here than across the state, at 17.2% compared to Victoria's 25.7%.
17.2% ▲ +975.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -54.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
The area is well-served by 14 bus routes, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is much higher than in most other areas. However, weekly departures are far below the Victorian average.
43
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.
5.78
Higher than 81% 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).
762.5
Higher than 83% 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).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,456
Higher than 54% 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).
7,456
Lower than 62% 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 23 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes around 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21953/noble-park-north/topic/transport