0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Trawool · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Trawool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Trawool stands out from similar areas for its high number of transport stops and strong culture of working from home. Every single household in the area has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Trawool lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households own one to three vehicles, with 18.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Trawool, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 33%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 3 vehicles (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 32.0% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian figure. The rest of the workforce rely almost entirely on driving, as 0.0% use public transport to get to work.
32.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
While Trawool has 11.11 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—these are just for buses. This high number of stops is offset by very infrequent service, with weekly departures far below the Victorian figure.
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.
11.11
Higher than 88% 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).
55.6
Higher than 63% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 is a challenge for those without cars, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 66 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also high at 86 minutes.
66
Higher than 89% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Trawool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22574/trawool/topic/transport