10.9% —
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in working habits has defined Oakleigh, where the number of people working from home jumped by 31 percentage points since 2016. This change comes alongside a strong public transport network and a higher than usual number of car-free households. Currently, 34.3% of the workforce works from home, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.9% of homes in Oakleigh have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. This is much higher than most areas, though the proportion has fallen slightly since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 34.3%, a figure far above the Australian average. While 5% of people use public transport to get to work—a little above the national rate—this represents a 12 point drop since 2016.
34.3% —
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% —
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
Oakleigh has excellent transit access, with 2,246.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. The area is well served by 49 different routes and 381 stops, mostly providing bus services.
381
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.21
Higher than 63% 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).
2,246.8
Higher than 88% 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).
49
Higher than 86% 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 Oakleigh (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26406/oakleigh/topic/transport