17.9% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Travancore · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Travancore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Travancore now work from home than in most other areas, with 39.2% of the workforce doing so. This trend is part of a broader shift in how residents get around, with a high number of homes opting not to own a car at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 18% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have just one vehicle, while only 3.6% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Travancore, 1 vehicle is the majority at 60%; 2 vehicles is next at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, at 39.2%, far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the state average at 11.1%.
39.2% ▲ +2043.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.1% ▼ -62.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
Public transport is dominated by trams, which make up 98.9% of the network here. While the number of stops is higher than in most similar areas, the total is still well below the Victorian average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.84
Higher than 69% 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).
1,158.8
Higher than 87% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
24,702
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
190,390
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
35
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is very quick, with a drive time of just 7 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with the nearest stop typically only a 4-minute walk away.
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.
7
Lower than 99% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Travancore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22572/travancore/topic/transport