Toora North · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Toora North

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

Nearly 40% of people in Toora North work from home, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on remote work and private cars is a necessity for the area, which has no public transport options and sits over three hours from the city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Toora North has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for households without a car. Most homes have two vehicles, while 14.9% have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 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 Toora North, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 39.2% of residents doing so—far above the 21% national average. For those who do commute, 43.1% drive themselves, and no one uses public transport to get to work.

39.2% ▲ +126.0%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.4%
  • 2016: 20.4%
  • 2021: 39.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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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.

How people get to work

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In Toora North, Car (driver) is the majority at 52%; Worked at home is next at 48%.

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. This leaves the community far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 206 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas of this type.

206

Higher than 99% 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 Toora North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22545/toora-north/topic/transport