17.2% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ripponlea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ripponlea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very short walk to public transport makes Ripponlea one of the most connected areas in the region. The neighborhood is a hub of accessibility, where nearly 140,000 people can be reached within 30 minutes by transit. This easy access means far more people live without a car than in most other parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households keep a single car, while 26% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ripponlea, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 41.4% of workers doing so. This preference for home-based work is alongside a high rate of public transport commuting, which is well above the national figure.
41.4% ▲ +838.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.3% ▼ -67.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 is exceptionally well served, with 9.14 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average. With 4 routes and 14 stops, weekly departures are among the highest recorded, and the trip to the city is much shorter than in most other areas.
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.
9.14
Higher than 87% 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).
3,498.7
Higher than 99% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
139,762
Higher than 92% 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).
458,326
Higher than 91% 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).
37
Lower than 86% 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 efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just 2 minutes. For those driving, the 11-minute trip to the city is among the lowest for similar 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Ripponlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22179/ripponlea/topic/transport