Kurunjang - Toolern Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Kurunjang - Toolern Vale

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

Almost every household in Kurunjang - Toolern Vale relies on a car to get around. Only 2.4% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the low number of people using public transport for work.

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📍 Kurunjang - Toolern Vale, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 39.9% of homes owning two vehicles and another 28.5% having three or more. This explains why so few homes—just 2.4%—go without a car, a figure much lower than in most other areas.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kurunjang - Toolern Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.9% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport to commute (1.5%), and those working from home (15.6%) are far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.

1.5%

Lower than 57% 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 Kurunjang - Toolern Vale, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are limited, consisting entirely of buses. With only 3.09 stops per 1,000 people, this is well below the state figure, and the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.

36

Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

3.09

Lower than 68% 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).

565.9

Lower than 59% 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).

11,632

Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

11,632

Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes 37 minutes, which is higher than in most areas. For those without a car, the walk to the nearest stop is among the highest for areas of this type, taking about 71 minutes.

71

Higher than 99% 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.

37

Higher than 65% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kurunjang - Toolern Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213041576/kurunjang-toolern-vale/topic/transport