4.6% ▲ +66.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Watsonia North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Watsonia North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of working residents in Watsonia North work from home, a figure well above the national average. This preference for home-based work is mirrored in the high car ownership rates across the area. While public transport options are plentiful, most people rely on their own vehicles or the internet to get through the day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45.5% of homes having two vehicles and 7.7% owning four or more. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Watsonia North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very popular at 29.2%, which is well above the Australian average of 21%. Driving as the sole occupant is the most common commute at 47.7%, while 2.4% use public transport.
29.2% ▲ +1068.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.4% ▼ -67.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 22 stops across three routes, giving it more stops per person than the state average. Despite this, the travel time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 84 minutes.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.79
Higher than 81% 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).
1,607.3
Higher than 90% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,236
Higher than 57% 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).
53,410
Higher than 66% 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).
84
Higher than 94% 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 nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of only 3 minutes. The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than in most other 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Watsonia North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22722/watsonia-north/topic/transport