9.4% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cheltenham · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Cheltenham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 65% of working residents in Cheltenham drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While car use is high, the area has more people using public transport and more car-free homes than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.4% of homes in Cheltenham have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 14% of households lived without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cheltenham splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is much higher than most areas at 5.3%, though it has fallen slightly since 2011. Conversely, the 8% of people working from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.0% ▲ +282.1%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
Cheltenham has more weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people than most areas, sitting a little above the state figure. Buses are the primary option, making up 90.3% of the local network.
177
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.53
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).
1,447.6
Higher than 68% 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).
35
Higher than 69% 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 Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40006/cheltenham/topic/transport