6.6% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lake Wendouree · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lake Wendouree
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of workers in Lake Wendouree drive themselves to work, making cars the primary way to get around. While car use is high, nearly 20% of the workforce works from home, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Victorian figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lake Wendouree splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 19.8% of residents, a higher rate than in most similar areas. Only 0.8% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
19.8% ▲ +273.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -58.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 is well served with 20 public transport stops, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. With 6.95 stops per 1,000 people, access is well above the Victorian average, though all services are buses.
20
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.
6.95
Higher than 85% 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).
1,106.7
Higher than 87% 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.
It takes about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, a time that is around the middle for areas of this level.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
75
Higher than 53% 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 Lake Wendouree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21447/lake-wendouree/topic/transport