6.3% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kaniva · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Kaniva than in the rest of Victoria, where the local rate of 9.3% is far below the state figure. This small town relies heavily on cars to get around, with the vast majority of households owning at least one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have one or two cars, while 15.8% own three vehicles.
6.3% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kaniva splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
How people travel to work.
No one in Kaniva uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011. While 60.7% of workers drive, 11.3% walk to their jobs.
9.3% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kaniva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221037/kaniva/topic/transport