0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Harkaway · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Harkaway
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 42% of homes in Harkaway have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. The area has very few public transport options, meaning most residents depend on their own transport to get around. This is seen in the high number of households with multiple vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Harkaway has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most households are well equipped, with 42.4% owning two cars and 26.8% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Harkaway, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.9% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. Most other workers drive, while only 1.7% use public transport to get to work.
25.9% ▲ +208.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ +37.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with no stops or routes available. This means there are far fewer departures per person than in the rest of Victoria.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
8,241
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city takes about 35 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop is 55 minutes, which is much higher than most places.
55
Higher than 82% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Harkaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21139/harkaway/topic/transport