10.1% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the workforce in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) works from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is part of a broader trend where 44.3% of residents now work from their own house, up 38 points since 2016. The area is also more likely to be car-free than most other places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. While this has fallen slightly since 2016, most households still own at least one car, with 45.9% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 44.3%, far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Those who do travel use public transport at a rate of 5.0%, which is a little above the national figure but down 16 points since 2016.
44.3% —
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 44.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
Weekly public transport departures are well above the state figure, with 1,989.1 departures per 1,000 people. Trams and light rail are the primary modes of travel here, making up 78.4% of the network, despite there being fewer total stops than in many other areas.
246
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Lower than 67% 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).
1,989.1
Higher than 85% 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).
15
Lower than 77% 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 Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23806/hawthorn/topic/transport