5.6% —
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in working habits defines Mordialloc, where the number of people working from home surged by 28 points since 2016. This trend is now a central part of local life, with 32.1% of workers staying home and far more people doing so than the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Mordialloc have at least one car, with 41.5% owning two vehicles. About 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 46.5% of residents, while 32.1% work from home, which is well above the Victorian average. Conversely, public transport use for commuting has fallen sharply since 2016, dropping from 9.2% to just 2.0%.
32.1% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Buses make up 88.6% of local services, with 271 stops and 28 routes across the area. While these counts are higher than about half of similar areas, the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than most other places.
271
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.12
Lower than 60% 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).
1,047.3
Higher than 52% 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 Mordialloc (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25205/mordialloc/topic/transport