3.4% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Templestowe Lower · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Templestowe Lower
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 46% of working residents in Templestowe Lower drive themselves to work, though the area is defined by a very high rate of remote work. This reliance on cars is balanced by a strong public transport network and a remarkably short drive time to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.5% having three or more. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Templestowe Lower, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of the country, at 33.3%. While 2.6% of people commute via public transport, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
33.3% ▲ +664.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -67.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 62 stops and 24 routes, all of which are buses. This results in 1,800 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure well above the Victorian average.
62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.40
Higher than 75% 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).
1,800.0
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).
24
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,191
Higher than 66% 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).
59,382
Higher than 68% 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).
61
Higher than 58% 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 fast, with a drive time of just 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have easy access to transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
16
Lower than 87% 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 Templestowe Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22484/templestowe-lower/topic/transport