1.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Olinda · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Olinda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Olinda are without a car than the state average, with only 1.6% lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is paired with a high number of residents who work from home. It is a place where most people own multiple vehicles to get around the Yarra Ranges.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all households have two vehicles, and another 23% own three or more. This means only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Olinda, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 30.9%, which is well above the national figure of 21.0%. Most others drive, while only 0.9% of the workforce use public transport, a figure that is a little below the state average.
30.9% ▲ +195.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -65.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Olinda has 18 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is among the largest for its area type. There are 10.15 stops per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian average of 4.41, though all services are provided by buses.
18
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.15
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).
1,271.3
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,706
Higher than 58% 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).
9,706
Lower than 59% 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.
Getting to the city takes typically 43 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have a short walk to the nearest stop, usually taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
43
Lower than 66% 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 Olinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22009/olinda/topic/transport