22.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Prahran · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Prahran
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in Prahran than in most similar areas, with 22.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This reflects a highly connected inner-city lifestyle where public transport and working from home are common choices.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 22.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle, while only 1.1% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Prahran, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; No vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 45.5%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This high rate of home working is seen alongside a public transport commute rate of 7.4%, which is well above the state average.
45.5% ▲ +889.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.4% ▼ -69.1%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 highly accessible, with 53 stops and 9 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the Victorian figure, and trams are the primary mode of travel for 70.4% of users.
53
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.34
Higher than 75% 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).
2,282.1
Higher than 93% 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).
76,248
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).
380,102
Higher than 90% 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).
41
Lower than 79% 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 very fast, with a typical drive time of only 10 minutes. Most residents live just one minute's walk from their nearest transport stop, which is much lower than in most other areas.
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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Prahran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22118/prahran/topic/transport