1.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Thornhill Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Thornhill Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 60% of workers in Thornhill Park rely on driving themselves to get to work. This is a car-dependent area where almost every household owns a motor vehicle. While there are several public transport routes available, the typical commute remains heavily reliant on private cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 50.9% of homes having two vehicles and only 1% of households without a car. This lack of car-free homes is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Thornhill Park, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 18.4% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21%. Only 2.2% of workers use public transport, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
18.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Thornhill Park has 6 public transport routes and 3 stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.98
Higher than 61% 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).
303.3
Higher than 75% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city takes about 32 minutes, which is faster than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 75 minutes, placing it among the highest for this level.
75
Higher than 94% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Thornhill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22509/thornhill-park/topic/transport