7.4% ▲ +43.8%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kooyong · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kooyong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift toward remote work has redefined how people move in Kooyong, where the share of residents working from home jumped by 38 points since 2016. This transition is a key part of the local story, with 41.6% of the workforce now working from home, far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, though the number of homes without a motor vehicle rose to 7.4% since 2011. This figure is about the same as the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kooyong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 41.6%, which is far above the Victoria and Australia figures. Meanwhile, those using public transport to commute fell to 4.0%, a drop of 4.8 points since 2016.
41.6% —
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% —
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Kooyong has a very high number of weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people at 2,008.9, which is well above the state figure. Trams and light rail are the primary modes used, making up 57.0% of the network.
707
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.33
Lower than 61% of federal 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).
2,008.9
Higher than 86% of federal 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).
50
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very well connected to the city, with a typical drive time of only 14 minutes. A walk to the nearest transport stop usually takes around 7 minutes.
7
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
14
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kooyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED226/kooyong/topic/transport