Kirwans Bridge · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kirwans Bridge

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

Zero homes without a car makes Kirwans Bridge far more vehicle-dependent than the rest of Victoria. This is a place where almost every household relies on their own transport, with 78% of homes owning two or more vehicles.

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📍 Kirwans Bridge, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 56% of homes having two vehicles and 22% having three. This is reflected in the fact that no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kirwans Bridge, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most residents drive to work, with 71.7% being the driver. Those working from home make up 10.9% of the group, which is far below the typical Victorian figure of 25.7%.

10.9% ▲ +114.7%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 10.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Kirwans Bridge, Car (driver) is the majority at 87%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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 the number of weekly departures is 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 to the city takes a long time, with a drive time of 110 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

110

Higher than 75% 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 Kirwans Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21369/kirwans-bridge/topic/transport