Irymple · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Irymple

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

Car ownership in Irymple has increased since 2011, with the share of homes without a vehicle falling to just 1.9%. This makes the area far more dependent on cars than the national average, with most households owning two or more vehicles.

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📍 Irymple, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here has a car, which is well below the 7.6% state figure for those without one. In a typical household, 40.7% have two vehicles, and a further 34.8% own three or more.

1.9% ▼ -39.4%

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 1.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Irymple, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 0.5% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While working from home rose to 11.3%, this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

11.3% ▲ +91.8%

Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 11.3%

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

0.5% ▼ -19.3%

Lower than 80% 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.

How people get to work

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In Irymple, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are limited to two bus routes, with only 21 stops serving the area. This results in 223.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average of 1,267.9.

21

Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

2.73

Lower than 73% 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).

223.6

Lower than 73% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically 32 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.

32

Higher than 87% 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.

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 Irymple [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215021395/irymple/topic/transport