Grovedale - Mount Duneed · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Grovedale - Mount Duneed

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Daily life in Grovedale - Mount Duneed is heavily reliant on cars, with only 3.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own at least two cars, reflecting an area where driving is the primary way to get around.

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📍 Grovedale - Mount Duneed, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are very common here, with 42.9% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the Victorian average of 7.6%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Grovedale - Mount Duneed, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, used by 61.5% of workers. Those working from home make up 16.9% of the workforce, which is well below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.

1.4%

Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

How people get to work

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In Grovedale - Mount Duneed, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 120 public transport stops and 34 routes, among the largest numbers for its level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure of 1,267.9.

120

Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

4.85

Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

1,004.0

Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around without a car can be difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 15 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas, and the drive time to the city is also much higher than usual at 57 minutes.

15

Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

57

Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Grovedale - Mount Duneed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021487/grovedale-mount-duneed/topic/transport