4.4% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wellington · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Wellington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without a car have been seen in Wellington since 2011, as car ownership has become even more dominant. Only 4.4% of homes lack a motor vehicle, making the area much more reliant on private transport than the Victorian average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 38.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.7% having three or more. This is reflected in the fact that only 4.4% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wellington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 63.1% as the driver. Only 0.3% of workers use public transport, which is much lower than most areas, while those working from home rose to 12.2% since 2011.
12.2% ▲ +62.0%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport options are limited, with 158 stops and 18 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 118.5, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
158
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.47
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
118.5
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
18
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) 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 around is challenging for those without cars, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 11 minutes, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar regions at 146 minutes.
11
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
146
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
More for Wellington
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20505/wellington/topic/transport