Don Valley · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Don Valley

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

Six out of ten workers in Don Valley (L) drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This is an area where almost every household owns a motor vehicle, and public transport use for commuting is non-existent.

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📍 Don Valley, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Don Valley (L) has at least one vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes without a car. Most households have multiple vehicles, with 36.2% owning two and 27.6% owning three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Don Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Working from home rose to 15.5% over the last decade, though this is still far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.

15.5% ▲ +583.9%

Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 15.5%

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 Don Valley, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

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 Don Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222019/don-valley/topic/transport