Koroit · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Koroit

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

Far fewer people work from home in Koroit than in the rest of the country, with only 9.6% doing so. This gap reflects a town where most residents rely on their own cars to get around and reach their workplaces.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here has a car, with 43.5% owning two vehicles. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.

2.6% ▼ -22.8%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Koroit, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way people travel for work, with 68.9% driving. Public transport is not used for commuting here, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%.

9.6% ▲ +144.0%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 9.6%

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: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 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 Koroit, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The town has 12 public transport stops, which is more than 82% of similar areas. However, the 135.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.

5.49

Higher than 79% 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).

135.5

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a stop takes longer here than in most similar areas, with a typical 25-minute walk to the nearest one.

25

Higher than 63% 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 Koroit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21396/koroit/topic/transport