23.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Taroon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Taroon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Work habits in Taroon have shifted as 23.8% of people now work from home. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas. The town relies heavily on local travel, with very few residents using traditional commuting methods.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 54%, ahead of 3 vehicles (46%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Taroon, the largest group is 4 or more at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (35%) and 2 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost one quarter of workers use their own home for their job, which is a little above the national figure. This is a key way people work here, especially as no one uses public transport to get to a job.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Taroon. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Taroon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22453/taroon/topic/transport