0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Trawalla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Trawalla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Trawalla lacks a motor vehicle, making the area entirely dependent on cars. This high level of vehicle ownership is well below the Victorian and national figures for households without a car. Most residents rely on their own transport to navigate the local landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 38.2% of homes owning three vehicles and 16.4% owning four or more. Only 20% of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Trawalla, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 61.3% of people drive themselves. Very few people work from home at 12.5%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
12.5% ▼ -63.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Trawalla has more public transport stops per 1,000 people than most similar areas, but the 292.9 weekly departures are far below the state average. All available public transport is provided by buses.
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.
7.14
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).
292.9
Higher than 75% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 92 minutes. This is higher than most areas, as is the 25-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
25
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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Trawalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22573/trawalla/topic/transport