4.6% —
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Croydon (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Croydon (Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Croydon than in most other Australian areas, with 26.1% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a larger trend toward remote work, while car ownership remains high across the suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.7% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Croydon (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 26.1%, up 22 points since 2016, and is now well above the national figure. Meanwhile, public transport use for commuting is a little below the state average at 1.8%, having fallen 4.2 points since 2016.
26.1% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Croydon has 44 public transport routes, which is more than about 82% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little below the Victorian figure.
282
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.56
Lower than 51% 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).
1,063.0
Higher than 53% 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).
44
Higher than 80% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Croydon (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22201/croydon/topic/transport