2.2% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rowville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rowville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 2.2% of Rowville homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people travel, with over half of the workforce driving themselves to work. While public transport is available, it is rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 45.1% of homes owning two vehicles and another 17.4% owning three. Only 2.2% of households get by without a car, which is much lower than the 7.4% seen across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rowville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for 56% of workers, while a high 25.6% of people work from home. This is well above the national figure of 21%, but only 1% of residents use public transport for their commute.
25.6% ▲ +753.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -57.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 19 different routes, all of which are bus services. While the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian figure.
138
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.11
Higher than 74% 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).
935.6
Higher than 86% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
25,793
Higher than 79% 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).
25,793
Higher than 53% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively quick, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute. For those heading into the city, the drive time is 25 minutes, which is much lower than in most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Rowville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22207/rowville/topic/transport