1.5% —
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of all homes in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek have two motor vehicles, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. The area is mostly car-dependent, with very few households lacking a vehicle and a small number of people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well equipped, with 51.4% owning two vehicles and 13.8% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 23.9%, which is a little above the national average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.8%, while 55.8% of workers drive themselves.
23.9% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 58 public transport stops, which is more than about 65% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
58
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.12
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
501.6
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
12
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 around without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 20 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much higher than usual at 65 minutes.
20
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
65
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031489/barwon-heads-armstrong-creek/topic/transport