Kalkallo · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kalkallo

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

Only 0.8% of homes in Kalkallo have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area heavily reliant on cars for daily travel, with more than half of all households owning at least two vehicles.

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📍 Kalkallo, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles (54.6%), while 12.8% have three. Very few households lack a car, which is much lower than the 7.4% seen across Australia.

0.8%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kalkallo, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.4% of residents. Working from home is common at 17.3%, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

17.3%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 17.3%

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

1.8%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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 Kalkallo, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to a single bus route, and the 564.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average. Despite this, the area has 17 stops, which is more than most similar areas.

3.06

Higher than 70% 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).

564.5

Higher than 80% 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.

Residents have very quick access to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 35 minutes, which is lower than in most areas.

2

Lower than 86% 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 Kalkallo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21284/kalkallo/topic/transport