0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kangaroo Ground · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kangaroo Ground
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Kangaroo Ground owns a car, with many families keeping three or four vehicles. This reliance on private transport is mirrored in the way people work, as 35.4% of the workforce now work from home, a figure far above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in this area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and Australian figures. Most households are well equipped, with 36.8% owning two cars and 27.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kangaroo Ground, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 4 or more (28%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 35.4% of people doing so, well above the state and national rates. For those who do travel, 40.2% drive as the main driver, while only 1.7% use public transport.
35.4% ▲ +207.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ +74.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
The area has 12 public transport stops and one route, which is more than most similar areas. However, the service is entirely bus-based, and zero people can reach other residents within 45 minutes using transit.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.93
Higher than 87% 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).
1,231.0
Higher than 87% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
It takes about 33 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most areas. Conversely, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 23 minutes, a time that is higher than most other areas.
23
Higher 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.
33
Lower than 71% 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 Kangaroo Ground [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21294/kangaroo-ground/topic/transport