1.0% ▲ +91.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Traralgon East · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Traralgon East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Traralgon East owns a car, making it much more vehicle-dependent than the state average. While the area has a high number of public transport stops for its size, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households are well equipped, with 44.3% owning two vehicles and 17.9% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Traralgon East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.2% of people as the main driver. This is reflected in the low number of people working from home (13.1%), which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
13.1% ▲ +254.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +73.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
The area has 7.3 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average of 4.4. However, the 660.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the 1,267.9 seen across Victoria.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.30
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).
660.7
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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting around on foot can be difficult here, as it takes a typical resident 26 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. This is higher than most similar areas.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
106
Higher than 73% 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22570/traralgon-east/topic/transport