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.
Poowong East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Poowong East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of people now work from home in Poowong East, where 38.6% of the workforce does so. This is far above the national figure of 21.0%. The area relies heavily on private cars, with every single household owning at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Poowong East has a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national rates for carless households. Most homes are well equipped, with 45.7% owning two vehicles and 17.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Poowong East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 38.6%, far above the Victorian figure of 25.7%. No one uses public transport to get to work, while 22.7% of workers drive themselves.
38.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 38.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 22.73 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average. However, service is very limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the Victorian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
22.73
Higher than 94% 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).
45.5
Higher than 62% 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.
It takes 88 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
88
Higher than 62% 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 Poowong East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22099/poowong-east/topic/transport