4.9% —
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Traralgon - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Traralgon - West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 102-minute drive to the city makes Traralgon - West a very remote area for commuters. Most residents rely heavily on cars to get around, with only 0.6% of workers using public transport to reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and about 41% of households own two vehicles. Only 4.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Traralgon - West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.4% of people being the driver. Very few people work from home at 12.1%, a figure far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
12.1% —
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 80% 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has 28 public transport routes and 69 stops, the 525.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,267.9. All available services are buses.
69
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.10
Lower than 53% 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).
525.3
Lower than 61% 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).
28
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to public transport on foot is difficult, as the 12-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in most similar areas.
12
Higher than 73% 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.
102
Higher than 89% 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 Traralgon - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205041494/traralgon-west/topic/transport