3.6% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Melba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop makes public transport very accessible for those in Melba. While most residents rely on cars, the area has an impressive 36 transit stops, far more than the typical suburb in the Australian Capital Territory.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 42.2% owning two vehicles. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the territory average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.3% of people. About 12.7% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21%.
12.7% ▲ +413.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -38.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Bus services are plentiful, with 10.64 stops per 1,000 people, far above the territory average. This high level of access is reflected in the 1,881.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the territory figure.
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.64
Higher than 88% 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).
1,881.5
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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,585
Higher than 63% 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).
33,997
Higher than 58% 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).
63
Higher than 62% 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.
It takes just 15 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. Residents can also reach the nearest transit stop in only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
15
Lower than 88% 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 Melba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80094/melba/topic/transport