1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
McKenzie Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in McKenzie Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in McKenzie Hill relies on a car to get around, as only 1.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is seen in the daily commute, where over 61% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 48.1% owning two vehicles and 12.7% owning three. The proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In McKenzie Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 16.6% of residents, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 1.1% doing so.
16.6% ▲ +64.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -78.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Bus services are the only option here, as the area has no trains or trams. While it has more stops than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.29
Higher than 62% 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).
28.4
Higher than 60% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 81 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
81
Higher than 57% 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 McKenzie Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21628/mckenzie-hill/topic/transport