0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalimna West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kalimna West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Kalimna West now owns a car, with most households keeping two or more vehicles. This high level of vehicle ownership reflects a place where cars are essential for getting around, though about 20.6% of workers now do their jobs from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most residents have multiple cars, with 43.9% of homes owning two and 28.1% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kalimna West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody here commutes by public transport, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%. Instead, nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 20.6% work from home, which is about the same as the Australian figure.
20.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are 24.84 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
24.84
Higher than 95% 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).
509.3
Higher than 79% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes about 56 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
56
Higher than 83% 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.
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 Kalimna West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21283/kalimna-west/topic/transport