2.4% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yea · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Yea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Yea than in 2011, while fewer households are without a car. This shift happens in a town where very few people use public transport and the typical drive to the city takes 86 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with only 2.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle—a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%. Most households have at least two vehicles, and 17.1% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yea, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 56.8% of residents, and 21% now work from home, which is a rise of 6.6 percentage points since 2011. Only 0.2% of workers use public transport, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
21.0% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -71.6%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 options are very limited, with only 10 stops and two bus routes available. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 29.2, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
10
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.39
Lower than 76% 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).
29.2
Lower than 85% 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).
2
Lower than 86% 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 into the city is a lengthy trip, with a drive time of 86 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
86
Higher than 86% 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 Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011062/yea/topic/transport