5.6% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warrnambool · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Warrnambool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops than most similar areas are found in Warrnambool, though car use remains the dominant way to get around. Most households own at least one vehicle, and only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle at all. This reflects a community that relies heavily on private cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 39% owning two and 37.3% owning one. The share of households without a vehicle is 5.6%, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Warrnambool splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work for 66.7% of people. Only 0.5% use public transport, and while 9.4% work from home, this is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
9.4% ▲ +237.1%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Warrnambool has 185 stops across 16 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and almost all services are buses.
185
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.23
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
636.6
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
16
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Despite the high number of stops, it takes a typical resident 38 minutes to walk to the nearest one, which is higher than in most other areas.
38
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26730/warrnambool/topic/transport