0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pakenham South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pakenham South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on cars defines Pakenham South, where every single home now owns at least one motor vehicle. This car-dependent lifestyle is reflected in the commute, with over half of the workforce driving themselves to work and no one using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 83.8% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This explains why Pakenham South has a much lower rate of vehicle-less homes (0.0%) compared to the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pakenham South splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (28%), with 3 vehicles at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 55.6% of workers as the driver and 7.7% as passengers. Those working from home make up 17.1% of the workforce, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
17.1% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is effectively non-existent here, with zero routes, stops, and departures. This puts the area far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 a typical drive time of 48 minutes. Without local transit options, the walk to the nearest stop is very long, taking 60 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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 Pakenham South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22028/pakenham-south/topic/transport