Yarrawonga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Yarrawonga

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

Only 0.1% of working residents in Yarrawonga use public transport, making the town heavily reliant on private cars. Most households have at least one vehicle, with 77.5% owning two or more. This high car dependency is linked to very limited public transport options.

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📍 Yarrawonga, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles (39.3%) or one (38.2%). Only 5.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victoria and Australia figures.

5.0% ▼ -28.5%

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

  • 2011: 7.0%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Yarrawonga splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 67.4% of people as the driver. Only 8.0% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

8.0% ▲ +92.0%

Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 8.0%

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

0.1% ▼ -61.6%

Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.2%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 Yarrawonga, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited here, with only 3 stops and 5 routes available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victoria average, and all services are buses.

3

Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

0.35

Lower than 96% 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).

8.5

Lower than 94% 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.

Getting to a stop is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 37 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

37

Higher than 88% 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 Yarrawonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216021414/yarrawonga/topic/transport