15.7% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Kilda East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Kilda East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in St Kilda East lack a motor vehicle compared to the national figure, with 15.7% of households owning none. This trend is mirrored in the way people travel, as 40.7% of residents work from home—a figure far above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. For those who do own a car, the most common situation is having just one vehicle, at 52.3%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Kilda East, 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 very common here at 40.7%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the state and national levels at 5.2%.
40.7% ▲ +756.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▼ -72.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 well served by 34 stops and 7 different routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being a little above the state figure. Trams and light rail are the dominant modes, making up 63.8% of the network.
34
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.
2.70
Higher than 68% 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).
1,488.5
Higher than 89% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
78,487
Higher than 88% 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).
242,569
Higher than 87% 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).
50
Lower than 64% 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 to the city is quick, with a typical drive time of just 10 minutes. Most residents also live within a short 6-minute walk of their nearest transport stop.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 St Kilda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22344/st-kilda-east/topic/transport