Kinglake West · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Kinglake West

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

A sharp rise in people working from home has changed how Kinglake West moves, with 16.5% now doing so compared to just 3.5% in 2011. This shift comes alongside a heavy reliance on cars, as almost every home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Kinglake West, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 82.6% owning two or more vehicles.

1.1% ▼ -88.4%

Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.2%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Kinglake West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.3% of residents, while public transport use is non-existent at 0.0%. This is well below the national figure of 3.1%.

16.5% ▲ +369.4%

Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 16.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre 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.

How people get to work

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In Kinglake West, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

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 Kinglake West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221038/kinglake-west/topic/transport