4.7% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 74% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warrnambool and South West · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Warrnambool and South West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars is the main change in Warrnambool and South West since 2011. Car ownership is now very high, with 95.3% of households owning at least one vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel for work and the limited use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than most areas. Most households own one or two cars, while 24.8% of homes have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Warrnambool and South West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work for 62.7% of people, and only 0.3% use public transport. While 13.2% of people now work from home, this is far below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
13.2% ▲ +43.2%
Higher than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 97% of region (sa4) 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 is mostly buses, with 567 stops across the region. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, at 272.9 compared to 1,267.9 in Victoria.
567
Lower than 80% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.43
Lower than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
272.9
Lower than 74% of region (sa4) 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).
31
Lower than 82% of region (sa4) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Warrnambool and South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/217/warrnambool-and-south-west/topic/transport