11.0% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oakleigh · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oakleigh
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Oakleigh than in most similar areas, with 11% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. High numbers of public transport stops and short trip times to the city make the area very accessible.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11% of households do not own a car, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. For those who do have vehicles, the most common setup is one car per home at 42.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oakleigh, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 34.2% of people doing so. While 39.9% of workers drive, 4.6% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure.
34.2% ▲ +1052.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -72.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 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.
Public transport is very accessible, with 7.34 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average of 4.41. This is supported by 31 different routes and weekly departures that are far above the Victorian average.
62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.34
Higher than 86% 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).
4,421.8
Higher 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).
31
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
64,791
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).
360,626
Higher than 89% 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).
47
Lower than 70% 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 fast, with a drive time of 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop is also very short, typically taking just one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Oakleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22000/oakleigh/topic/transport