Kerang · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Kerang

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

Very few people use public transport in Kerang, where most residents rely on their own cars to get around. This is a place where only 0.2% of workers use transit to commute, and public transport access is far below the Victorian average.

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📍 Kerang, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 33.9% owning two and 12.8% owning three. While 7.3% of households have no motor vehicle, this figure is about the same as the national average and has fallen since 2011.

7.3% ▼ -21.9%

Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kerang, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 67.5% of residents as the driver. Only 7.7% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

7.7% ▲ +43.7%

Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.4%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 7.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.2% ▼ -22.5%

Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Kerang, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are very limited, with only 3 stops and 6 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with buses making up 65% of the available services.

3

Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

0.76

Lower than 91% 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).

20.2

Lower than 86% 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 to a transport stop can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 52 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.

52

Higher than 93% 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.

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 Kerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031402/kerang/topic/transport