Toolangi · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Toolangi

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

Nearly half of all Toolangi homes have two motor vehicles, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars in this rural area. Every single household in the community owns at least one vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area far more car-dependent than typical Australian suburbs.

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📍 Toolangi, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 19% owning four or more and 15.9% owning three. No homes in Toolangi are without a motor vehicle, a result that is well below the Victorian and national figures.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 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 Toolangi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 4 or more (19%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 52.3% of people commuting as a driver. Working from home is also common at 20%, though this is a little below the Australian figure.

20.0% ▲ +28.5%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.6%
  • 2016: 14.7%
  • 2021: 20.0%

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: 1.8%
  • 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 Toolangi, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, meaning no one can reach others via transit within 45 minutes. This leaves the area far below the Victorian average for transport access.

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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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive time to the city is 80 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Toolangi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22536/toolangi/topic/transport