2.9% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Sydenham (Western Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.9% of homes in Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households rely heavily on cars to get around, which is consistent with the area's limited public transport options. This creates a strong dependence on private driving for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 11.8% owning four or more. Very few households get by without a car, and this trend has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sydenham (Western Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 21.5% since 2016, while those using public transport to get to work fell to 2.3%. Over half of the workforce, or 56.4%, still commutes by driving a car.
21.5% —
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% —
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 limited in this area, with only 2.96 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the Victorian figure. The number of weekly departures is also far below the state average, with buses making up 97.1% of the available services.
237
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.96
Lower than 82% 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).
725.6
Lower than 61% 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).
19
Lower than 70% 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 Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28007/sydenham/topic/transport