23.4% ▲ +77.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Prahran (Southern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Prahran, with 44.5% of residents now doing so compared to just 3.1% in 2011. This shift comes alongside a growing trend of car-free living, where nearly a quarter of households no longer own a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 23.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is far above the national average of 7.4% and has risen by 10 points since 2011. Most households that do own a car have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Prahran (Southern Metropolitan), 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; No vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost half of the workforce works from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. While 7.8% of people commute by public transport—well above the state average—this figure has fallen by 10 points since 2011.
44.5% ▲ +1338.1%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.8% ▼ -56.9%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
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.
Prahran has some of the highest numbers of weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people in the region, far above the state figure. Trams and light rail are the dominant modes of travel, making up 76.9% of the network.
243
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.30
Lower than 76% 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).
2,726.7
Higher than 93% 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).
18
Lower than 72% 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 Prahran (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26806/prahran/topic/transport