6.5% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kangaroo Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kangaroo Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Kangaroo Flat compared to the rest of the state. While most residents rely on cars, the area has a higher number of public transport stops than most similar places. This creates a contrast between the available infrastructure and how people actually travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 42% having a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kangaroo Flat, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in Victoria, at just 10.6%. The vast majority of workers rely on cars, with 67.2% driving themselves to work.
10.6% ▲ +340.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Kangaroo Flat has 69 public transport stops across 10 routes, which is among the largest for an area of this level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Victorian figure.
69
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.09
Higher than 82% 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).
981.5
Higher than 86% 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).
10
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes a typical resident only 2 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, the drive time to the city is higher than in most places, taking about 89 minutes.
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.
89
Higher than 62% 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)).
- 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 Kangaroo Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21293/kangaroo-flat/topic/transport