2.9% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarra Ranges · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Yarra Ranges
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has jumped by 17 percentage points since 2011 in Yarra Ranges, where 22.5% of people now do their jobs from a home office. This shift reflects a broader move away from traditional commuting in an area where very few homes go without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 41.9% owning two vehicles and 11.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarra Ranges, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.3% of people. Use of public transport for commuting is a little below the national figure at 1.1%, a rate that has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
22.5% ▲ +338.8%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -65.3%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 777 public transport stops across 72 routes, with 4.98 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Victorian average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure.
777
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.98
Higher than 72% 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).
811.0
Higher than 77% 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).
72
Higher than 87% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 18 minutes. For those heading into the city, the drive time is usually 67 minutes.
18
Higher than 53% 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.
67
Higher than 55% 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 Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27450/yarra-ranges/topic/transport