2.0% ▼ -44.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Truganina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Truganina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2% of households in Truganina lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This highlights a heavy reliance on cars in an area where most homes own at least two vehicles. While public transport options exist, the suburb's layout remains dominated by private driving.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 47.2% owning two vehicles and 11.8% owning three. Very few households get by without a car, a rate well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Truganina, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 52.9% of residents. However, 23.8% of people work from home, which is higher than most other areas and slightly above the national figure.
23.8% ▲ +1394.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -47.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Truganina has 98 public transport stops and 7 routes, making it one of the largest for its level. Despite this, the 2.7 stops per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and all services are bus-based.
98
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.70
Higher than 68% 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).
710.5
Higher than 82% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,340
Higher than 57% 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).
9,340
Lower than 60% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 23 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. A typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Truganina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22582/truganina/topic/transport