11.6% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seddon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seddon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the working population in Seddon works from home, reflecting a modern shift in how people balance life and employment. This flexibility, combined with an exceptionally short commute to the city, makes the area highly connected despite a lower reliance on cars than in other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households here own just one car, while 28.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seddon, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 47.1% of people doing so. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the national figure at 5.8%.
47.1% ▲ +1095.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.8% ▼ -73.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 very well served by transit, with 19 stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people that are well above the Victorian average. It is among the largest areas for the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by public transport.
19
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.
3.69
Higher than 72% 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).
1,902.2
Higher than 91% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
51,286
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).
281,281
Higher than 88% 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).
38
Lower than 84% 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 9 minutes. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only one minute.
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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Seddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22256/seddon/topic/transport