4.5% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wellington · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Wellington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.3% of working residents use public transport to get to their jobs in Wellington. This highlights a heavy reliance on private cars for daily travel. Very few households are without a vehicle, and the vast majority of people commute by driving.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 38.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 15% owning three. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wellington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.1% of people being the driver. Working from home has risen to 12.2% since 2011, though this is still far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
12.2% ▲ +62.2%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is mostly provided by buses, which make up 97.7% of the mode. While there are 158 stops across the area, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
158
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.46
Higher than 52% 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).
118.2
Higher than 57% 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).
18
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26810/wellington/topic/transport