1.6% ▲ +189.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cape Woolamai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cape Woolamai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of working residents in Cape Woolamai drive to work, as cars are essential in this coastal area. Most homes own at least two vehicles, and almost no one uses public transport for their daily commute. This reliance on private cars is common for its location, with a typical drive to the city taking 85 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 43.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.4% owning three. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% figure for Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cape Woolamai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport. While 20.3% of workers operate from home—a figure about the same as the national average—the vast majority rely on cars, with 56.8% driving themselves to work.
20.3% ▲ +287.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
The area has three bus routes and seven stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.04
Higher than 70% 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).
50.0
Higher than 63% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas. Despite this proximity, the drive time to the city is high at 85 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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 Cape Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20475/cape-woolamai/topic/transport