4.4% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Altona (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Altona (Western Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Altona than in the rest of the country, with 31.5% of the workforce doing so. This shift toward home-based work is a major part of the area's transport story, as the typical household is much more likely to own a car than the state or national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in Altona go without a car, at just 4.4%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 42.5% having two and 11.2% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Altona (Western Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply since 2011 to reach 31.5%, a figure far above the Australian average. Meanwhile, those commuting by public transport fell to 2.9%, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
31.5% ▲ +1111.6%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -62.7%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Public transport access is limited, with 2.67 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure. While there are 290 stops in the area, weekly departures per person are far below the Victorian average.
290
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.67
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
783.7
Lower than 59% of state electorate 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).
21
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Altona (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20207/altona/topic/transport