Kyneton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Kyneton

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

More people work from home in Kyneton than in most similar areas, with over a quarter of the workforce doing so. While most households rely on cars, the area has a higher number of public transport stops per person than most places of its kind.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 40% of homes have two vehicles, and only 4.9% of households are without a motor vehicle. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

4.9% ▼ -33.5%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 4.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kyneton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 25.6% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Only 1% of workers use public transport, which is higher than in most similar areas.

25.6% ▲ +293.2%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 25.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.0% ▼ -72.8%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Kyneton, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

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

Kyneton has 36 public transport stops and 12 routes, with 4.79 stops per 1,000 people. This is a little above the state figure, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.

4.79

Higher than 77% 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).

382.8

Higher than 76% 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.

The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 12 minutes. From there, the drive time to the city is 56 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.

12

Lower than 51% 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.

56

Lower than 58% 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 Kyneton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21414/kyneton/topic/transport