5.0% —
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of workers in Mount Waverley now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift is part of a changing travel landscape where most households own multiple cars, yet public transport remains a key part of the local network.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 12.2% owning three. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and has remained steady since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 34.5% since 2016, meaning many people no longer need a daily commute. Meanwhile, those who do travel mostly drive, while the share of people using public transport fell by 8 percentage points over five years to 3.8%.
34.5% —
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 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.
The area has 34 different routes and 253 stops, though there are fewer stops per 1,000 people than in most other areas. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per person is higher than in most areas and sits about the same as the state figure.
253
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.85
Lower than 66% 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).
1,358.6
Higher than 64% 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).
34
Higher than 67% 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 Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25501/mount-waverley/topic/transport