13.7% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thomson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thomson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households in Thomson live without a car than the state or national average. While 13.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is nearly double the Victorian figure. This reliance on other options is supported by a high number of public transport stops and services relative to the population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Roughly 13.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 46.4% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thomson, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here drive to work, with 62.7% as the driver. Those working from home make up 15.4% of the workforce, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
15.4% ▲ +1821.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -70.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 buses, with 15 stops and 16 routes. This means there are 9.34 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far above the state average of 4.41.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.34
Higher than 87% 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).
1,885.4
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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of just 5 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is around 54 minutes.
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.
54
Lower than 59% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Thomson
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Thomson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22506/thomson/topic/transport