0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Arawata · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Arawata
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Arawata lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This total reliance on cars makes sense for a rural area where residents face a 91-minute drive to the city. Most households keep at least two vehicles to manage the distance.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household here owns a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Many are well-equipped, with 39% of homes owning two vehicles and another 22% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Arawata, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national average. Instead, 44.2% of workers drive themselves, while a little more than the national figure, 23.3%, work from home.
23.3% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 per person is far below the Victorian figure.
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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, with the typical drive time taking 91 minutes.
91
Higher than 63% 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 Arawata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20054/arawata/topic/transport