14.5% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thornbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thornbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people in Thornbury work from home or live without a car than in most other parts of the country. This area is a major hub for transit access, with a high number of public transport options and short travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 14.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. For those with cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thornbury, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 42% of people doing so—far above the 21% national figure. Those who do commute use public transport at a slightly higher rate than the rest of the state.
42.0% ▲ +1170.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -74.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Public transport is highly available, with 1,994.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average. The area has 84 stops and 12 different routes, mostly served by buses and trams.
84
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.42
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).
1,994.7
Higher than 92% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
56,982
Higher than 87% 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).
291,959
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).
52
Lower than 61% 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 into the city is quick, with a typical drive time of only 11 minutes. Most people can reach their nearest transport stop within just 3 minutes on foot, which is much lower than most areas.
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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Thornbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22508/thornbury/topic/transport