11.3% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Caulfield than in most similar areas, with 41.4% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a broader trend toward flexibility in the area, where public transport use is also higher than the national average. While many residents rely on cars, a growing number of homes now live without one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.3% of homes in Caulfield have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. This figure has risen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011, though the majority of households still own one or two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with a rate far above the national figure of 21.0%. Meanwhile, 5.2% of people commute via public transport, which is a little above the Australian average, though this is 6.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
41.4% ▲ +817.6%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▼ -55.5%
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 is highly accessible, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the Victorian figure. The area is served by 323 stops across 26 routes, with trams and light rail being the most common mode of travel at 62.3%.
323
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.76
Higher than 54% 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).
2,279.9
Higher than 88% 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).
26
Lower than 51% 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 Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21906/caulfield/topic/transport