Almurta · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Almurta

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

Almurta sits comfortably among similar areas for its transport patterns, though it is far more reliant on private cars than the state average. Most households here own multiple vehicles, and nearly 27% of workers operate from home.

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📍 Almurta, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Almurta has a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most households are well-equipped, with 36% owning two vehicles and 20% owning four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Almurta, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 4 or more (28%) and 3 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A car is the primary way to get to work for 76.9% of residents. This reliance on driving is coupled with a high number of people working from home at 26.9%, which is well above the national figure.

26.9%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 44.4%
  • 2021: 26.9%

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Almurta, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This puts Almurta far below the Victorian average for transit access.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.

The typical drive time to the city is 82 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

82

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality 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 Almurta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20033/almurta/topic/transport