Gannawarra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Gannawarra

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

Almost every home in Gannawarra relies on a car to get around, with only 3.1% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is seen in the way people travel for work and the very limited public transport options available across the region.

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📍 Gannawarra, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as only 3.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 37.3% having two and another 30.2% owning three or more.

3.1% ▼ -24.0%

Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gannawarra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.9% of people. Very few residents use public transport for their commute (0.2%), while 14.4% work from home, which is far below the state figure of 25.7%.

14.4% ▼ -3.6%

Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 14.9%
  • 2016: 14.9%
  • 2021: 14.4%

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

0.2% ▲ +14.3%

Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.2%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 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 Gannawarra, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only 13 stops and 7 bus routes serving the area. This results in just 20.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.

13

Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

1.93

Lower than 80% 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).

20.8

Lower than 86% 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 Gannawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031401/gannawarra/topic/transport