5.6% —
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Niddrie (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Niddrie (Western Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in working habits defines Niddrie, where 28.7% of people now work from home. This is well above the national figure of 21%, marking a significant change in how the local workforce connects to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 41.3% owning two vehicles. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Niddrie (Western Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 26 points since 2016, which helps explain why only 1.7% of people now commute by public transport. This is lower than most areas and fell 3.8 points over the last five years.
28.7% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% —
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 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.
The area is well served by public transport, with 1,657.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian figure. Most of this service is provided by buses, which make up 97.1% of the routes.
288
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.66
Higher than 51% 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).
1,657.3
Higher than 75% 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).
24
Lower than 57% 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 Niddrie (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26207/niddrie/topic/transport