17.8% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Kilda West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Kilda West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car in St Kilda West than in most similar areas, with 17.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. The area's strong transit links and short distances to the city make it a place where many residents choose to skip car ownership entirely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households with cars own just one vehicle, accounting for 54.8% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In St Kilda West, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 46.2% of the workforce doing so—far above the Australian figure of 21%. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport than people in most other areas.
46.2% ▲ +678.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▼ -74.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 1,771.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. Trams are the primary mode of travel, making up 85.9% of the local network.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.39
Higher than 71% 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).
1,771.6
Higher than 90% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
90,327
Higher than 89% 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).
289,766
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).
36
Lower than 87% 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 9 minutes. Residents enjoy very easy access to transit, with the 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 St Kilda West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22345/st-kilda-west/topic/transport