1.8% ▼ -47.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Irymple · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Irymple
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport here than in most similar areas, making Irymple a standout for its connectivity. However, most residents still rely on their own cars to get around. Only 1.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 41.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 13.7% owning four or more. Very few households get by without a car, a rate far lower than the Victorian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Irymple, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 69.1% as the driver. Only 10.1% of people work from home, which is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
10.1% ▲ +113.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
While 21 stops and two bus routes are more than most similar areas have, the 288.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.51
Higher than 71% 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).
288.1
Higher than 74% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to a transport stop is relatively easy for residents, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
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 Irymple [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21245/irymple/topic/transport