6.0% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Traralgon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Traralgon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport than in most similar areas, making Traralgon a place where car travel is the primary way to get around. While the town has a high number of transport stops, very few residents use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 38.7% have two. Only 6.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Traralgon splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.5% of people as the driver. Only 11.4% work from home, which is far below the state figure of 25.7%.
11.4% ▲ +443.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -33.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Traralgon has a high number of stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 137 stops in total. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
137
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.09
Higher than 78% 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).
647.3
Higher than 81% 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).
42
Higher than 87% 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.
A short 4 minute walk to the nearest stop is common here, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes 101 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
101
Higher than 70% 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 Traralgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22569/traralgon/topic/transport