Trafalgar South · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Trafalgar South

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

Over half of working residents in Trafalgar South drive to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this rural area. Every single household here owns at least one motor vehicle, which is far below the figures seen across Victoria and Australia. This high vehicle ownership is consistent with the total lack of local public transport options.

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📍 Trafalgar South, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0% of homes lacking a vehicle. Most households have multiple cars, as 39.1% own two and 23.6% own three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 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 Trafalgar South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nobody uses public transport to get to work. Instead, 52.8% of workers drive and 24.5% work from home, a figure well above the national average.

24.5% ▲ +37.7%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.8%
  • 2016: 14.5%
  • 2021: 24.5%

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

0.0% → —

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 Trafalgar South, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

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 local service level far below the Victorian average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Reaching the city takes 84 minutes by car, which is longer than in most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop is also much longer than usual, taking 72 minutes.

72

Higher than 92% 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.

84

Higher than 59% 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 Trafalgar South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22567/trafalgar-south/topic/transport