3.5% ▼ -48.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kooyong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kooyong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 43% of working residents in Kooyong work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work sits alongside an exceptionally well-connected transport network and high car ownership. The area's proximity to the city makes it one of the most accessible places in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and Australian figures for homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kooyong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common arrangement at 43.2%, which is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Public transport use for commuting is 4.1%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
43.2% ▲ +461.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -67.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Kooyong has excellent connectivity with 10.69 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, with trams and light rail making up 81.3% of the service.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.69
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).
6,104.5
Higher 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
62,820
Higher than 87% 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).
377,733
Higher than 90% 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).
34
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 10 minutes. Residents also have quick access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Kooyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21393/kooyong/topic/transport