9.7% —
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge jump in remote work defines Pascoe Vale, where 32.6% of people now work from home. This shift is part of a broader transport landscape where public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas, supported by a dense network of transit stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 10% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Most households rely on one or two cars, though the share of car-free homes fell slightly since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply by 29 percentage points since 2016 to 32.6%, which is far above the Australian figure. While 5.5% of people use public transport to get to work—a figure much higher than most similar areas—this is a big drop from 17.4% in 2016.
32.6% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.5% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
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.
Pascoe Vale has a high level of service, with weekly departures per 1,000 people well above the Victorian figure. The area is well equipped with 359 public transport stops, though it has fewer overall routes than 60% of similar areas.
359
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.52
Lower than 52% 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).
1,598.6
Higher than 73% 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).
22
Lower than 62% 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 Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26603/pascoe-vale/topic/transport