Junction Village · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Junction Village

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

Almost 9% of homes in Junction Village have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the area has a good number of transport stops, very few people use them for their daily commute.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, but the 8.9% of households without a vehicle is a little above the national figure of 7.4%.

8.9% ▼ -11.6%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.1%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 8.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Junction Village, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.9% of people, while 11% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

11.0% ▲ +120.4%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 11.0%

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

1.9% ▼ -28.2%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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 Junction Village, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

There are 6 public transport stops here, which is more than about 78% of similar areas, though all services are buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.

5.71

Higher than 80% 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).

193.1

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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 41 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 7 minutes.

7

Lower than 61% 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.

41

Lower than 67% 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 Junction Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21277/junction-village/topic/transport