3.2% ▼ -45.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rosedale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rosedale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in Rosedale than across the state, with only 3.2% of households lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport is a key feature of the area's layout. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around and reach work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 66% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Very few households are without a car, a figure that is well below the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rosedale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, while only 10.3% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Public transport use for commuting is also low at 1.3%, though this is higher than in most similar areas.
10.3% ▲ +121.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ +187.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
There are 5 public transport routes and 3 stops serving the area. While this is more than most similar places, the 48.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average of 1,267.9.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.74
Higher than 64% 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).
48.6
Higher than 63% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot or by transit is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 74 minutes. It is also a long trip to the city, with a drive time of 150 minutes.
74
Higher than 93% 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.
150
Higher than 90% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Rosedale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rosedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22199/rosedale/topic/transport