Torbanlea · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Torbanlea

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

Almost every home in Torbanlea relies on a car to get around. The area is heavily dependent on private vehicles, with very few residents using public transport or working from home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Torbanlea, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, and 42% own two. While 3.5% of homes now have no motor vehicle, this is still well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.5% ▲ —

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Torbanlea splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.7% of residents, while no one uses public transport. The 8.8% who work from home is far below the Australian average of 21%.

8.8% ▲ +20.9%

Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 8.8%

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 Torbanlea, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

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 Torbanlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322125/torbanlea/topic/transport