2.5% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paynesville · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Paynesville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people are working from home in Paynesville than in 2011, though cars remain essential for almost everyone. Only 2.5% of households live without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.4% owning two vehicles and 13.6% owning three. The number of households without a car has fallen to 2.5%, a figure well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paynesville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.2% of residents. Working from home has risen to 14.2%, though this is still far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
14.2% ▲ +120.2%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -52.2%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 two routes and three stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
3
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.43
Lower than 95% 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).
16.3
Lower than 88% 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).
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021086/paynesville/topic/transport