20.3% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarra · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Yarra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of homes in Yarra live without a car compared to the rest of the country. About 20% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that sits well above the national average of 7.4%. This reliance on other options is mirrored in how people travel, with nearly half the workforce now working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Roughly one in five homes in Yarra have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households with cars own just one, while only 5% of homes have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarra, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 46.9% of people doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. While 6.1% of people use public transport for their commute, this is much higher than most areas, despite falling since 2011.
46.9% ▲ +920.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.1% ▼ -72.0%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
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.
Trams and buses dominate local travel, and the area has one of the highest number of weekly departures per 1,000 people in the state. There are 304 public transport stops, which is more than 78% of similar areas.
304
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.37
Higher than 51% 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).
2,728.3
Higher than 98% 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).
60
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting into the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just six minutes. Most residents also live close to transit, with a typical three-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
6
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Yarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27350/yarra/topic/transport