30.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Torwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Torwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become a major part of life in Torwood, with 30.8% of people now doing so. This is well above the national figure and marks a significant shift in how the local workforce operates. With no public transport available, the area relies almost entirely on private cars and home offices.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 71%, ahead of 2 vehicles (36%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Torwood, 3 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 30.8% of workers operate from home, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victoria average. Half of the workforce drives to a job, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 are no public transport stops or routes in Torwood, leaving it far below the state average for transit access. This lack of infrastructure is reflected in the zero weekly departures 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.
It takes about 80 minutes to drive from Torwood to the city, a travel time that 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)).
- 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 Torwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22554/torwood/topic/transport