7.9% —
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) drives themselves to work. This reliance on cars is seen alongside a sharp rise in remote work, with 21.1% of people now working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 37.2% having two and 39.4% having one. About 7.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped 17 points since 2016 to reach 21.1%, which is about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, those using public transport to get to work fell to 1.7%, which is a little below the state and national averages.
21.1% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% —
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) has a good amount of infrastructure, with 328 stops and 5.21 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. Most of this access is via bus, which makes up 97.8% of the available routes.
328
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.21
Higher than 63% 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).
1,232.6
Higher than 60% 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).
28
Higher than 54% 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 Frankston (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23205/frankston/topic/transport