1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toolamba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Toolamba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential in Toolamba, where 68.4% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. Almost every home has a motor vehicle, reflecting a town where residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households are without a car, with only 1.1% having none, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most homes are well equipped, as 86.7% of households own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Toolamba, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in the rest of the country, at 13.7%. Public transport is not used for commuting, with 0.0% of the workforce using it, which is well below the national figure.
13.7% ▲ +48.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While the town has more public transport stops than many similar areas, it is served by only one bus route. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.22
Higher than 62% 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).
6.1
Higher than 58% 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.
Getting around is a challenge for those without cars, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 61 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much higher than most.
61
Higher 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.
109
Higher than 74% 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 Toolamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22534/toolamba/topic/transport