0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
King Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in King Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a major trend in King Valley, where 41.2% of workers now do so. This shift is far above the national figure of 21%. While the area has very few people using public transport to commute, most households rely heavily on multiple cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 77.2% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In King Valley, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 3 vehicles is next at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is very common, as 41.2% of people work from home—far above the 21% national average. In contrast, no one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%.
41.2% ▲ +93.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 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 area has 11.49 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the 137.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,267.9, with only bus services available.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.49
Higher than 88% 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).
137.9
Higher than 72% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes about 18 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
18
Higher than 57% 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 King Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21357/king-valley/topic/transport