40.6% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southbank · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Southbank
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty percent of Southbank homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of car ownership is consistent with a highly connected hub where most people work from home or use public transport. The area is exceptionally accessible, with a short 5-minute drive to the city centre.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Many households here live without a car, with 40.6% having no vehicle, a figure far above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Half of all homes have one vehicle, while only 7.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Southbank, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; No vehicle is next at 41%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 40.6%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the Australian average, with 11.8% of workers using it.
40.6% ▲ +1162.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.8% ▼ -43.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
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.
Southbank has a huge amount of connectivity, with 17 different routes and 37 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state average, though the number of stops per person is far below the Victorian figure.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.63
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).
1,876.2
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).
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
138,213
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).
395,492
Higher than 90% 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).
23
Lower than 99% 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 around is easy and quick, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at just 5 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
5
Lower than 99% 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 Southbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22315/southbank/topic/transport