7.5% ▼ -86.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Toorloo Arm · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Toorloo Arm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in Toorloo Arm, where almost no one uses public transport to get to work. While most homes have multiple vehicles, the area is sparsely populated with very few people working from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have two or more cars, with 40.8% owning two and 17.7% owning four or more. Only 7.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Toorloo Arm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, used by 63.1% of residents as drivers. Very few people work from home at 11.3%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and no one uses public transport for their commute.
11.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
There is only one bus route and two stops serving the area. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.93
Higher than 73% 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).
7.9
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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes a typical 62 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
62
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.
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 Toorloo Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22548/toorloo-arm/topic/transport