Ormond · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Ormond

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

A far higher proportion of people work from home in Ormond compared to the national figure, with 39.1% of workers doing so. This is a well-connected area where public transport is highly accessible and the trip to the city is quicker than for most people.

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📍 Ormond, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Nearly half of all households have one vehicle, while 33.2% have two.

8.1% ▼ -28.8%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 8.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ormond, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (8%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here at 39.1%, a figure far above the national average. Public transport use for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas at 5.3%.

39.1% ▲ +938.8%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 39.1%

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

5.3% ▼ -71.8%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.8%
  • 2016: 14.1%
  • 2021: 5.3%

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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Ormond splits fairly evenly between Worked at home (46%) and Car (driver) (42%), with Train at 5%.

Public transport access

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

The area is very well served with 35 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than 88% of similar areas. Weekly departures are a little above the state figure, with the bus being the main mode of travel.

4.20

Higher than 74% 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).

1,374.2

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).

77,798

Higher than 88% 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).

437,854

Higher than 91% 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).

44

Lower than 75% 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 around is easy, with a very short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also takes much less time to drive to the city than in most areas, with a typical trip of 16 minutes.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

16

Lower than 87% 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 Ormond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22016/ormond/topic/transport