13.1% —
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Northcote (Northern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has exploded in Northcote, with the number of people doing so rising by 39 percentage points since 2016. This shift is part of a broader trend where 43.7% of residents now work from home, a figure far above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.1% of Northcote homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Roughly half of all households own one car, while 28.7% own two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northcote (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 4.8% of people use public transport to get to work—a little above the national figure—this use fell by 16 percentage points since 2016. This drop coincides with the massive rise in people working from home.
43.7% —
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% —
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
Public transport is highly available here, with 2,189 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian figure. There are 331 stops in the area, with buses making up 61.6% of the services.
331
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.92
Higher than 57% 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).
2,189.0
Higher than 87% 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).
23
Lower than 60% 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 Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26303/northcote/topic/transport