1.5% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kalorama · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kalorama
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all homes in Kalorama have two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where most people drive or work from home, with very few residents using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 1.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kalorama, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 31.3% of residents doing so—a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.9%.
31.3% ▲ +383.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -57.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Kalorama has 19 public transport stops, which is more than 88% of similar areas. While it has a high number of bus services, only 9,916 people can be reached within 45 minutes using transit.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.88
Higher than 90% 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).
2,411.1
Higher than 94% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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).
9,916
Lower than 59% 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 walk to the nearest stop takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 57 minutes.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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 Kalorama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21287/kalorama/topic/transport