0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Northwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero percent of homes in Northwood lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages. This total reliance on cars reflects a place with no public transport options and a long 81-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with not one home lacking a vehicle. Over half of all households own three or more cars, with 32.4% having exactly three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northwood, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.7% of residents. Those working from home make up 13.7% of the workforce, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
13.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. Consequently, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around depends entirely on private travel, with a typical drive time of 81 minutes to reach the city.
81
Higher than 57% 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)).
- 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 Northwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21972/northwood/topic/transport