6.4% —
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in Ringwood than the national figure, with 33.5% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a broader transport landscape where most households own at least one car, despite the area having strong public transport links.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, while 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle. This figure is higher than in most similar areas, though it is a little below the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose by 29 points since 2016 to reach 33.5%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Meanwhile, the share of people commuting by public transport fell 8.7 points to 3.4%, a result that is about the same as the state and national figures.
33.5% —
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% —
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 well available, with 48 routes and 335 stops. There are 1,594.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
335
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.11
Higher than 61% 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).
1,594.8
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).
48
Higher than 85% 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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27101/ringwood/topic/transport