0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Baw Baw · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Baw Baw
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Baw Baw owns a car, making it much more vehicle-reliant than the state average. It is an area where most people drive to work, reflecting a location that is far from the city and has no local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Baw Baw has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for carless households. Most homes are well-equipped, with 25.6% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Baw Baw, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main way people get to work, with 65% of workers driving. While 15% of people work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
15.0% ▲ +59.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Baw Baw is quite remote, with a typical drive time to the city of 127 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
127
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality 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 Baw Baw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10234/baw-baw/topic/transport