4.2% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarram · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Yarram
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 59% of workers in Yarram rely on driving themselves to get to work. This is a car-dependent area where very few households go without a vehicle, and public transport options are limited. Most residents rely on private cars to navigate the region and reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 38.8% of homes owning two vehicles and only 4.2% having none. This lack of vehicle-free homes is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarram, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is done by 16.6% of residents, which is well below the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with just 0.5% doing so, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
16.6% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 is limited to bus services, with only 17 stops and 3 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is also well below the state figure.
17
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.03
Lower than 69% 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).
71.0
Lower than 83% 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).
3
Lower than 79% 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 on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop can take up to 67 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this level, and the drive to the city is similarly long at 213 minutes.
67
Higher than 98% 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.
213
Higher than 99% 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 Yarram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051104/yarram/topic/transport