Colignan · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Colignan

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

More people use public transport to get to work in Colignan than in most similar areas. While 6.3% of workers use these services, the area lacks its own public transport stops and routes. This makes the local transport landscape quite unusual compared to other small places.

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📍 Colignan, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.1% owning two and 20.4% owning three. However, 8.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.

8.3% ▲ +40.3%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 8.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Colignan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A high 6.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. In contrast, only 7.7% work from home, a rate far below both the state and national figures.

7.7% ▲ +64.9%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 7.7%

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

6.3% ▲ —

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 6.3%

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 Colignan, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Car (passenger) is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Colignan. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.

0.00

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).

0.0

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Colignan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20615/colignan/topic/transport