3.2% ▼ -37.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Drouin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Drouin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Drouin lack a car, with only 3.2% of households without one. This reflects a strong reliance on private vehicles for daily travel, though the town offers a high number of public transport stops compared to similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 41.1% having two and 13.7% having three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Drouin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.8% of people as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here (13.6%) compared to the Victorian average of 25.7%.
13.6% ▲ +215.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -76.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Drouin has 53 public transport stops and 7 routes, putting it among the largest for its level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
53
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.47
Higher than 71% 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).
381.3
Higher than 76% 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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop is very short, taking only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It typically takes 64 minutes to drive to the city.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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 Drouin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20790/drouin/topic/transport