5.2% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kaniva · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kaniva
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Kaniva compared to the rest of the country. While 12.6% of the local workforce work from home, the national figure is 21%. This reliance on traditional commuting is reflected in the high number of cars kept at most households.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.3% owning two vehicles. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kaniva splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Kaniva uses public transport to get to work, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%. Instead, 57.4% of workers drive themselves, while 11.6% walk to their jobs.
12.6% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
The town has two bus routes and three stops, which is more than about 74% of similar areas. However, there are only 18 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Victorian average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.37
Higher than 71% 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).
18.0
Higher than 59% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk takes 81 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas at this level.
81
Higher than 97% 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 Kaniva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21295/kaniva/topic/transport