3.4% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Wimmera · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in West Wimmera
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.45 public transport stops per 1,000 people serve West Wimmera, which is far below the state average. This reflects a region where private cars are essential and public transit is almost non-existent. Most households own multiple vehicles to get around this large area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 34.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.6% owning four or more. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national and state averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Wimmera, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%. While 52.8% of people drive to work, another 21.7% work from home, a rate that is about the same as the national average.
21.7% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 very limited, with only four stops and one bus route across the area. This results in 14.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.
4
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.45
Lower than 84% 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).
14.5
Lower than 90% 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).
1
Lower than 93% 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 West Wimmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011393/west-wimmera/topic/transport