0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kialla West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kialla West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 68% of workers in Kialla West drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where almost every single home owns a motor vehicle, making private transport essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Kialla West has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes with no car. Most households are well-equipped, with 87% owning two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kialla West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and only 13.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. The vast majority of residents rely on cars to get to their jobs.
13.7% ▲ +95.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the state average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is challenging without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 80 minutes. It also takes 104 minutes to drive to the city.
80
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.
104
Higher 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)).
- 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 Kialla West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21342/kialla-west/topic/transport