0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toolong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Toolong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Toolong has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national averages. This reliance on private cars is a defining feature of the area, where the lack of public transport options makes a vehicle essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 71.9% of homes owning two vehicles. Not a single home is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian rate of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Toolong, 2 vehicles is the majority at 72%; 1 vehicle is next at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is very common, with 36.5% of people working from home—a figure far above the national average of 21.0%. No one here uses public transport to get to work.
36.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the state figure of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walk taking 85 minutes. This is among the highest times for areas of this type.
85
Higher than 99% 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.
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).
More for Toolong
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Toolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22541/toolong/topic/transport