Kawarren · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kawarren

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

Over half of workers in Kawarren drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. This is a car-dependent area where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. With no local public transport options, residents rely almost entirely on private travel for their daily needs.

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📍 Kawarren, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household in Kawarren has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for homes without one. About 30% of homes have two vehicles, and 15% own four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Kawarren splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 23.5% of the workforce doing so, which is a little above the national figure. No one uses public transport to get to work, while 52.9% of people drive themselves.

23.5%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.0%
  • 2021: 23.5%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Kawarren, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 116 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.

116

Higher than 78% 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 Kawarren [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21311/kawarren/topic/transport