0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toolern Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Toolern Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Toolern Vale has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This heavy reliance on driving is clear in the data, as the area lacks public transport stops and routes entirely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 34.5% of homes owning four or more vehicles. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Toolern Vale splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (35%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 53.2% of residents. Another 22.5% work from home, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national average.
22.5% ▲ +190.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent, with zero stops and routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
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).
11,632
Higher than 61% 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).
11,632
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident about 36 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes 73 minutes, among the highest times for this level.
73
Higher than 93% 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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Toolern Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22537/toolern-vale/topic/transport