Muckleford · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Muckleford

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

Almost every home in Muckleford relies on a car to get around, with not a single household without a motor vehicle. While the area has a few public transport stops, most residents either drive or work from home to avoid the 84-minute trip to the city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 41.3% having two vehicles and 19.3% owning four or more. This explains why 0.0% of homes are without a vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 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 Muckleford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 26.3% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21.0%. In contrast, 0.0% of residents commute by public transport, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.

26.3% ▲ +228.9%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 26.3%

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: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 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 Muckleford, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Public transport access

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

Muckleford has two bus stops and one route, giving it more stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas. However, with only 103.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.

4.69

Higher than 76% 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).

103.3

Higher than 69% 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.

A walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 84 minutes, which is higher than most similar places.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

84

Higher than 59% 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 Muckleford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21824/muckleford/topic/transport