Neerim Junction · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Neerim Junction

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

Every single home in Neerim Junction has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, the lack of public transport use shows a heavy reliance on driving.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 37.3% owning two and 30.5% owning three. The fact that 0.0% of homes lack a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

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 Neerim Junction, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work for 42.6% of residents, and 13.2% walk. While 19.1% work from home, this is a little below the Australian figure of 21.0%.

19.1%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 19.7%
  • 2021: 19.1%

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 Neerim Junction, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

There are 7.19 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, and no one uses public transport to commute.

7.19

Higher than 86% 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).

143.9

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.

It typically takes 16 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 80 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

16

Higher than 54% 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.

80

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 Neerim Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21909/neerim-junction/topic/transport