5.2% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ringwood East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ringwood East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly a third of workers in Ringwood East work from home, making it a place where many skip the daily commute. While most residents rely on cars, the area is well-connected with a short 26-minute drive to the city and easy access to public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ringwood East splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 31.9% of people doing so—a figure far above the national average of 21%. Only 2.5% of residents use public transport to get to work.
31.9% ▲ +796.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -72.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
The area has a high number of stops and routes compared to similar places, and 582 weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most areas.
27
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.51
Higher than 67% 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).
582.0
Higher than 80% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
47,923
Higher than 87% 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).
242,252
Higher than 87% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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.
Daily travel is convenient, as the drive to the city takes only 26 minutes and the walk to the nearest transport stop takes just 2 minutes.
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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Ringwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22175/ringwood-east/topic/transport