9.0% ▲ +72.1%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 62% of workers in Dandenong drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While car use is high, the area has seen a rise in households without any motor vehicle, which now reach 9%. This shift happens alongside a very high level of public transport access compared to other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nine per cent of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most areas and has risen 3.8 percentage points since 2011. For those with cars, the most common setup is one vehicle (38.7%) or two (34.5%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 11 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.4%, though this is still far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Public transport use for commuting is 3.8%, which is higher than most similar areas.
13.4% ▲ +494.1%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Dandenong has a very strong public transport network, with 456 stops and 49 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, and the area has far more stops per person than most other areas.
456
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.97
Higher than 78% 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).
1,667.6
Higher than 75% 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).
49
Higher than 86% 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 Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22305/dandenong/topic/transport