0.8% ▲ —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pakenham Upper · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pakenham Upper
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Pakenham Upper owns a car, with only 0.8% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people travel, as no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 33.6% owning two vehicles and another 26.5% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pakenham Upper, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars and home offices dominate the morning routine, as 57.1% of workers drive and 25.5% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the national figure, while 0% of the workforce commutes via public transport.
25.5% ▲ +140.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
While there are 14 stops and one bus route, making the number of stops per 1,000 people far above the state average, the service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, and no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.71
Higher than 88% 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).
298.5
Higher than 75% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 50 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. Residents usually face a 9-minute walk to reach their nearest transport stop.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
50
Lower than 62% 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 Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22029/pakenham-upper/topic/transport