0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kinglake Central · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kinglake Central
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 26.4% of workers in Kinglake Central now work from home, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a shift in how people get around the area, as car travel remains the dominant way to commute. The area is heavily reliant on private vehicles, with almost every household owning at least one.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Kinglake Central is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages. Most households have multiple cars, with 39.1% owning two and 29% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kinglake Central, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 53.7% of residents. This is balanced by the high number of people working from home, while only 2.5% of the workforce use public transport.
26.4% ▲ +115.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▲ —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Bus services provide all the public transport here, with 10 stops and 24.21 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is zero.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
24.21
Higher than 94% 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).
847.5
Higher than 85% 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 to the city takes about 62 minutes by car. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically 37 minutes, which is longer than in most other areas.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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 Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21359/kinglake-central/topic/transport