12.9% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Preston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Preston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people than usual now work from home in Preston, with 35.4% doing so. This shift contributes to a transport landscape where many residents rely less on cars, and public transport is far more available than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 47.9% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Preston, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 35.4%. This helps explain why public transport use for commuting is relatively low at 5.5%, though this is still a little above the national figure.
35.4% ▲ +1217.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% ▼ -65.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 6.10 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state average of 4.41. The area's 206 stops and nearly 3,000 weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest for similar areas.
206
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.10
Higher than 82% 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).
2,991.8
Higher than 97% 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).
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
75,533
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).
281,954
Higher than 88% 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).
55
Lower than 55% 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 efficient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes. Additionally, the 12-minute drive time to the city is much lower than in most other areas.
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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22121/preston/topic/transport