6.0% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monash · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Monash
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport in Monash than in most similar areas. While the Typical resident relies on a car, the area is well-served by a high number of bus routes and stops. This makes getting around easier, with a very short walk to the nearest transit stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households have either one or two cars, with 39.6% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Monash splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 3.3% of workers, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 9.6%.
9.6% ▲ +301.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Monash has 37 public transport stops and 7 routes, putting it among the largest and best-served areas for transit. There are 6.56 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the ACT figure.
37
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.
6.56
Higher than 84% 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).
1,225.2
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,644
Higher than 52% 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).
29,888
Higher than 56% 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).
71
Higher than 76% 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 only 4 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most similar places, taking just 17 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80097/monash/topic/transport