16.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Princes Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Princes Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Princes Hill than the national average, with 46.1% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This reflects a modern, flexible shift in how people get to work. The area's high transit access and proximity to the city also make it a place where many residents choose to live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.4% national figure. Most households have one or two cars, while nearly 47% of homes keep just a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Princes Hill, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, with 46.1% of workers doing so. Another 5.1% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure of 3.1%.
46.1% ▲ +554.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% ▼ -69.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 1,396.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a little above the state figure. Residents rely entirely on trams and light rail, and the typical trip to the city takes only 31 minutes.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.00
Higher than 61% 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).
1,396.5
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
110,699
Higher than 90% 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).
311,264
Higher than 89% 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).
31
Lower than 91% 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 into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of only 7 minutes. It is also easy to access transport, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Princes Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22122/princes-hill/topic/transport