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.
Towong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Towong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge majority of Towong's households rely on private cars, with no home lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance is reflected in the way people get to work and the long walks required to reach public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 41.7% having two and another 25% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Towong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, while 24.6% work from home, a rate well above the Australian figure. Other than driving or working at home, 12.3% of the workforce walk to their jobs.
24.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
While there are 6.99 stops per 1,000 people—well above the Victorian average—the service is minimal. Weekly departures are far below the state figure, with only one bus route serving the area.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.99
Higher than 86% 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).
35.0
Higher than 61% 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.
Reaching public transport is difficult, with a typical 28-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most similar areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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 Towong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22563/towong/topic/transport