Gnarwarre · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Gnarwarre

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single home in Gnarwarre has at least one motor vehicle, making the area far more car-dependent than the national average. This reliance on private transport is clear, as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Private cars are essential here, with 85.6% of households owning two or more vehicles. This is well below the Victorian and national figures for homes without a car, which sit at 7.6% and 7.4% respectively.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gnarwarre, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most residents drive to work, while 19.7% work from home, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas. No one in the community uses public transport to get to their job.

19.7% ▲ +0.7%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.6%
  • 2016: 10.9%
  • 2021: 19.7%

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: 1.5%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Gnarwarre, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is nonexistent in Gnarwarre, with zero stops and routes. This puts the area far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city involves a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 72 minutes.

72

Higher than 52% 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 Gnarwarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21050/gnarwarre/topic/transport