Irrewarra · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Irrewarra

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

Every single home in Irrewarra has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. With no public transport available and a 100-minute drive to the city, residents rely almost entirely on their own transport to get around.

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📍 Irrewarra, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 41.7% of homes having two vehicles and 24.4% having three. The 0.0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 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 Irrewarra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive, with 57.7% as the driver and 6.6% as a passenger. Those working from home make up 16.5% of the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.

16.5% ▲ +51.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 10.7%
  • 2021: 16.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Irrewarra, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This leaves the weekly departures per 1,000 people at 0.0, which is far below the state average of 1,267.9.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Travel is slow for those heading to the city, with a typical drive time of 100 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.

100

Higher than 69% 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 Irrewarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21242/irrewarra/topic/transport