5.6% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Donald · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Donald
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 63% of workers in Donald drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own several vehicles, there is a notable gap in public transport use compared to the rest of the state and country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38% of households here have two vehicles, though 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle at all. This lack of a car is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Donald splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person here commutes by public transport, and at 8.3%, those working from home are far below the national figure of 21%. Walking is a common alternative, with 10.4% of workers making the trip on foot.
8.3% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The town has three public transport routes and three stops, all for buses. While this is more than many similar areas, the 19 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.04
Higher than 65% 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).
19.0
Higher than 59% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical person 68 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is much higher than in most areas.
68
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality 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 Donald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20770/donald/topic/transport