4.3% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Upper Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Upper Ferntree Gully
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars dominate daily travel in Upper Ferntree Gully, where a tiny 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, most people still rely on their own cars or work from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 42.6% having two and 14% having three. This means far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Upper Ferntree Gully, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 50.8% of residents. This is alongside a high number of people working from home (25.9%), which is well above the national figure.
25.9% ▲ +634.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -55.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
Upper Ferntree Gully has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas. With 4.39 stops per 1,000 people and a high number of weekly departures, the service levels are about the same as the state average.
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.
4.39
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).
1,363.5
Higher than 88% 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).
13
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).
23,922
Higher than 52% 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.
A typical drive to the city takes 34 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents usually walk about 9 minutes to reach their nearest transport stop.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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 Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22614/upper-ferntree-gully/topic/transport