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.
Dooen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Dooen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Dooen has a motor vehicle, showing a total reliance on cars for getting around. This makes the area much less dependent on public transport than the Victorian and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes own multiple cars, with 50% having two and another 39.5% owning three or more. This is a sharp contrast to the national figure, where 7.4% of households have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Dooen, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.5% of residents. While some walk to work, only 13.7% work from home, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
13.7% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Dooen has three bus routes and two stops, meaning there are more stops per person than in most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.00
Higher than 86% 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).
188.0
Higher than 73% 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.
Getting to a stop is a slow process here, as the typical walk to the nearest public transport point takes 28 minutes. This is longer than in most other areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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).
More for Dooen
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Dooen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20776/dooen/topic/transport