1.5% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kinglake · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kinglake
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Kinglake relies on a car, with only 1.5% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, highlighting a strong dependence on private transport in this rural area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 40.2% of homes owning two vehicles and another 34.6% having three or more. Only 1.5% of households have no vehicle, which is much lower than the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kinglake, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 60.1% as the driver. About 18.5% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21%, while only 0.5% use public transport to commute.
18.5% ▲ +217.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -72.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 very limited, as 0 people can be reached within 45 minutes by transit. While there are more stops per 1,000 people than in many similar areas, the 1.2 stops is still far below the Victorian average of 4.41.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.20
Higher than 62% 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).
63.2
Higher than 64% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 74 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area, and the drive to the city takes 59 minutes.
74
Higher than 93% 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.
59
Lower than 57% 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 Kinglake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21358/kinglake/topic/transport