48.0% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all households in Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) have no motor vehicle, which is far more than the national figure. This area relies heavily on other ways to get around, with 38.2% of workers now working from home and a very high number of weekly public transport trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost one in two homes here have no car, a figure far above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. While this remains among the highest rates for this level, the share of car-free homes fell slightly to 48.0% from 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is No vehicle at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped 34 points since 2016 to 38.2%, which is far above the national figure. Public transport use for commuting is also far above the state average, though it fell from 27.1% in 2016 to 13.5%.
38.2% —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
13.5% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
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.
The area has one of the largest networks with 504 stops and 137 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, with trams and light rail making up 64.0% of the mix.
504
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.06
Lower than 62% 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).
4,671.8
Higher than 99% 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).
137
Higher than 90% 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 Melbourne (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24703/melbourne/topic/transport