0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Iona · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Iona
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Iona owns a car, making it more dependent on private vehicles than most similar areas. While few people use public transport, a high number of residents work from home. This reflects a rural setting where the typical drive to the city takes 65 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Iona is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 38.8% having two and 27.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Iona, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.4% of residents doing so, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. For those who do travel, 53.2% drive themselves and no one uses the train.
25.4% ▲ +61.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
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: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent, with zero stops and no routes available. This is far below the Victorian average for stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 area is remote from the urban centre, with a typical drive time of 65 minutes to reach the city.
65
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)).
- 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 Iona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21238/iona/topic/transport