4.4% ▲ +119.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tooborac · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tooborac
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 128-minute drive to the city makes Tooborac very remote compared to most areas. Residents rely heavily on cars for daily life, as almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 38.6% owning two and 21.9% owning four or more. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tooborac, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work for 60% of residents, while 19.3% work from home. This is a little below the national figure for working from home, and no one uses public transport to commute.
19.3% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
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: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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 three public transport routes and two stops, meaning there are 6.27 stops per 1,000 people. While this is well above the Victorian figure, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
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.
6.27
Higher than 83% 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).
150.5
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting around is challenging, as it takes a typical resident 35 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is higher than in most areas.
35
Higher than 71% 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.
128
Higher than 85% 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 Tooborac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22533/tooborac/topic/transport