3.0% —
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Otway · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Otway
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Otway owns a car, reflecting a place where driving is essential for daily life. The typical household has one or two vehicles, and very few people rely on public transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% figure for Victoria. Most households own either one vehicle (40.8%) or two (37.4%), and the share of car-free homes has fallen since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Otway splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 21.6% of residents, a figure that rose by 8.4 percentage points since 2016. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
21.6% —
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
While there are 5.99 public transport stops per 1,000 people—well above the state figure—these are all bus stops. Despite this, weekly departures are far below the Victorian average, with only 118.3 trips per 1,000 people.
24
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.99
Higher 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).
118.3
Lower than 80% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 146 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
146
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217031476/otway/topic/transport