Yarriambiack · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Yarriambiack

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More than 61% of workers in Yarriambiack drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. Most homes here have at least one vehicle, and the number of households without a car has fallen to 4.9% since 2011. This makes car ownership the dominant way people get around the region.

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📍 Yarriambiack, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 36% of homes have two vehicles, and 11% have four or more. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is 4.9%, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

4.9% ▼ -23.5%

Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 4.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Yarriambiack splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 0.2% of people use public transport to get to work, which is among the lowest for similar areas. Around 13.3% work from home, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 21%.

13.3% ▲ +2.1%

Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 13.0%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.2% ▼ -69.5%

Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Yarriambiack, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Yarriambiack has 7.08 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the service is infrequent; weekly departures are much lower than most areas and far below the Victorian figure.

46

Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

7.08

Higher than 83% 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).

54.5

Lower than 84% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Yarriambiack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011394/yarriambiack/topic/transport