Drouin East · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Drouin East

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

Almost every home in Drouin East relies on a car to get around, with 0% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is clear in the daily commute, where 65.7% of workers drive themselves to work.

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📍 Drouin East, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 39.1% owning two and 27.5% owning three. This means the proportion of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Drouin East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (25%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far below the state average, with only 12.1% of people doing so. While 3.0% of residents commute by public transport, this is actually much higher than in most similar areas.

12.1% ▲ +14.7%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.6%
  • 2016: 15.1%
  • 2021: 12.1%

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

3.0% ▲ —

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.0%

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 Drouin East, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are very limited, with no routes or stops located within the area. This puts the local level of access 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city takes about 68 minutes by car. For those without a vehicle, the walk to the nearest stop is 36 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.

36

Higher than 71% 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.

68

Lower than 51% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20791/drouin-east/topic/transport