North Warrandyte · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in North Warrandyte

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A very high rate of remote work defines daily travel in North Warrandyte, where 37.8% of people work from home. This is far above the national figure of 21%. Because so few people need to commute, the area relies heavily on private cars and has very little use of public transport for work.

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📍 North Warrandyte, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home in North Warrandyte owns a car, with only 0.8% of households having none. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and nearly half of all homes have at least two vehicles.

0.8% ▲ +10.0%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In North Warrandyte, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 37.8%, which is far above the Victoria average of 25.7%. Only 0.9% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, a figure slightly below the national average.

37.8% ▲ +418.9%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 37.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.9% ▼ -57.8%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In North Warrandyte, Car (driver) is the majority at 51%; Worked at home is next at 45%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While there are 30 public transport stops and a high number of weekly departures per person, these are all bus services. Despite this, zero people can reach other areas within 45 minutes using transit, which is smaller than many similar areas.

9.91

Higher than 87% 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).

1,384.9

Higher than 88% 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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical walk to the nearest stop takes 8 minutes. It takes about 31 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most similar areas.

8

Lower than 57% 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.

31

Lower than 73% 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 North Warrandyte [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21969/north-warrandyte/topic/transport