Mount Doran · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mount Doran

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

Over half of all homes in Mount Doran have two motor vehicles, highlighting a strong reliance on cars for daily life. The area is almost entirely dependent on private transport, with no one using public transport to get to work.

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📍 Mount Doran, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, as 50.9% of homes have two vehicles and 18.9% have four or more. Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Mount Doran, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people travel by car, with 57.1% driving to work and 8.9% travelling as passengers. While 19.6% of people work from home, this is well below the Victorian average of 25.7%.

19.6%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 2021: 19.6%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Mount Doran, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is completely absent in Mount Doran, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Victorian average for transport access and weekly departures.

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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 around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 87 minutes. This is among the highest walk times for similar areas, and the drive to the city takes 91 minutes.

87

Higher than 99% 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.

91

Higher than 63% 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 Mount Doran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21788/mount-doran/topic/transport