Donald · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Donald

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly all workers in Donald rely on cars or walking to get to their jobs. The town is more car-dependent than many similar areas, though 6% of homes now have no motor vehicle. This is a rise from 2.5% in 2011.

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📍 Donald, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, with 37.3% having two vehicles. While 6% of homes have no vehicle, this figure is a little below the Victorian and national rates.

6.0% ▲ +136.9%

Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Donald splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.2% of people, while 10.7% walk. Public transport use has fallen to 0.0% since 2011, and the 6.3% who work from home is far below the national figure.

6.3% ▲ +27.7%

Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 6.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Donald, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Walked is next at 13%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Donald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215031/donald/topic/transport